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Just see how greatly the high technology has changed the world, coz even your plants have to rely on the PC for life. Integrated with several sensors, a processor and unique software, the ‘Click & Grow’ is an innovative planter that takes the computers as its energy source. Simply connect the device to your PC, put some seeds into the pot, fill it with water, and upload the proper growth program, then you can have the growing system to take care of your plants. But that doesn’t mean the plants no longer need your attention, because you still have to water them when the notification lights are on. The system is expected to hit the market this year, at a price of €17. [Read the rest of this entry...]

‘Dew Drop’ is an artificial leaf that assists to water your plant, with water that is extracted from the air. Just insert it into the soil, turn it on, and then you’ll no longer need to water those flowers everyday. ‘Dew Drop’ is thus a perfect device for both you and your plants. [Read the rest of this entry...]

In my opinion, there’s no pot on earth more eco-friendly or nutritious than average soil, oh wait, it is rightly where the plants are originally belongs. And that’s why I really intrigued by Strata Flower Pot. It is no different with normal flower pots except that it still supports the flower even when the flower is planted in the soil. That means, you can smash the Strata Flower Pot and bury it into the soil to supply the plants with needed elements. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Though producers, sellers, users have been encouraged to recycle the packaging materials and containers of the product, white pollution is still a big problem to handle. In that case, what should we do to deal with big amounts of plastic bottles all over the world? It’s time to find new ways to it. Yun Hwan Sung has recently come up with the “Seeds in the Bottle” to surprise us. With seeds stored inside it, you can release them into the bottle, invert the bottle and put into it some necessary fertilizers to change the bottle into a flower pot. What a simple but really green idea!

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Different from normal ones, this upside-down sky planter has a higher water absorbing efficiency. The water can directly filter into to root part with less waste. The soil is locked and so you do not need to worry about any the soil accidentally dropping down. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Plants cannot response to us as animals, and so plant toy is rarely. But this robotic plant from Sega toy is an exception. It could respond to your speech with physical reactions using an internal “bio metal” that moves and bends depending on the current put through it. Based on the patterns in human speech detected by the chip of the plant, it can response to you by bending the stem and moving the leaves. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Absorbing sunshine at the daytime, and then release light at night, this lamp is not just shaped in vegetable, but also functional the same as them. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Plant something at the side of your book. At night, you could also light the tiny LEDs to get a lamp. [Read the rest of this entry...]