Living plant to hang from your cell-phone
The "Tokyo Micro Garden" is a tiny, living plant in a gel-loaded sealed jar that you hang from your cell-phone strap. This is just great, but god help you if you try to take it onto a plane. Thanks, TSA, for making life suck a little more.Link (via Gizmodo)These plants have everything they need within the nutrient-rich gel they grow in!
It's best not to leave them in direct sunlight. The exposure from your daily activities and room lighting will do just fine.
With minimal phone-drops your Tokyo micro garden can last you 6-8 months!
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Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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