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Grass Thongs Make Every Day A Walk In The Park

7:00PM January 22, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Krispy Kreme (of all companies) created a similar kind of sandal as part of a promotion a few years ago, but Kusa’s grass flip flops have two distinct differences. They’re made with artificial turf, and you can actually buy them. More »


Gadgets

Mini Hydroponic Farm Turns Your Home Into Pot And Produce Heaven

5:37AM November 18, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Living in an apartment or any small home has its limitations — you can’t blast your music, and you can’t grow your own delicious things. But Windowfarms is a beautiful, simple fix — the magic of hydroponics, strapped to any ordinary window. More »


Science

Radishes May Prove To Be Acne’s Worst Nightmare

3:00AM September 26, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Confession: I positively hate acne. While my face only bears the most subtle of scars, in my mind the red pimply warzone that covered it back in high school is still fresh, clear and just begging to be popped. More »


Science

Making Plants Grow In Nappy Membranes Is Gross

9:20AM August 16, 2011 | Kwame Opam

As you can see above, scientists at Japanese firm Mebiol have managed to cultivate plants using only micron-thick hydro-membranes known as Imec. The technology has already been demonstrated by NASA to grow space plants. Only… why am I so grossed out? More »


Geek Out

There Are Plants All Up In My Grill!

5:00AM June 23, 2011 | Mat Honan

Living in a city means you often don’t have a lot of space. Put a grill on your deck, and suddenly there’s no room for plants. So this combination planter and grill from Erbe is pretty clever, if way odd. More »


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Water Plants With Your Pee

2:20AM June 21, 2011 | Casey Chan

I’ve peed on a ton of bushes before and I’m pretty sure I scarred those bushes forever. But! If I were to use this filtration system that pumps pee from a urinal to water plants… I’d totally be helping the environment. More »


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How To Turn A Glass Coke Bottle Into An Adorable Plant Waterer

10:38PM June 10, 2011 | Brian Barrett

The narration is husky and the instructions sound: why toss that glass Coke bottle into the trash (or recycling bin!), when you’re a few modifications away from a retro-tastic plant waterer? Beats an Aqua Globe, anyway. More »


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Light The Way And Grow A Tree Simultaneously Within This Green Lantern Concept

10:00AM May 15, 2011 | Jack Loftus

While the LED’s heat light might actually end up doing more harm than good to the tiny sapling growing within, I have to give a nod to the effort. More »


Science

Atomic Gardens Can Teach Lessons About Future Of Farming

12:00AM April 24, 2011 | Rebecca Boyle - PopSci

Science

Behold Pepsi’s 100% Plant-Based Plastic Bottle

6:20AM March 17, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Soft drinks are bad for you, but plastics – especially the petroleum-based PET plastics used widely for bottles – are bad for everyone. Thankfully, after millions of dollars and years of research, Pepsi thinks it’s cracked the code on a 100 per cent plant-based PET bottle. More »