The Water Recycling Flowerpot makes the rest seem BASIC! Using a unique double-hallow structure, it’s able to recycle the leftover water that remains in the pot after watering. Water is stored inside the inner wall, preventing overwatering yet ensuring hydration. The water inside evaporates and condenses into droplets that fall back to the soil, creating the process of recycled irrigation. Made of crystal-clear glass, it’s fun and easy to see exactly what’s going on inside!
Designers: JiaChen Du, YangHan Wang, WenZai Ye
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One of the things that I know about myself is that I kill plants. I have known this for years, therefore I don’t own plants, a garden, or try to grow anything other than kids. Kids are resilient and remind me to water them whereas plants sit mute and die a brown death. I wish I had a green thumb.
If I did, I would totally have one of these sweet LEGO flower pots. In fact, I want the Endor planter so bad I can taste it. I also like the Lord of the Rings pot with the Hobbits hiding behind the tree as the evil one rides by on his horse.
The Simpsons one is cool, but I was never a fan of that show so it takes a distant third to the other two for me. These flower pots come from a dude named Jin Kai Soo. Check out more images of his awesome creations on his Flickr page.
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In a somewhat poetic move, these 12 gauge shotgun shells are packed with flower seeds alongside the gunpowder, so that you may give life with every shot, rather than the other way around. Flower Shells, as they’re called, have less powder than usual so as not to fry the delicate seeds; we’re going to hope that enough testing was done to ensure that it actually works. But that’s really about it. The project is on IndieGogo and is fully funded. For $50 you get 4 shells of either Peony, Corn Flower or “Red Field Poppy – FLANDERS – PAPAVER RHOEAS.” Even though it’s only 4 shells, there are lots of seeds in each shell, so you may end up with little patches of flowers where you took your shot.
Sure, it’s a lot of money for what seems like a novelty item, but maybe it’ll help you atone for all the turkeys you shot this season…
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Display your measuring spoons out on a windowsill or counter top and you always have them ready to use right away. This pleasant set of four Flower Pot Measuring Spoons
Make your puny flowers look positively huge! Get a bee’s eye view of your flowers with the Big Bloom Vase
We see a lot of sleek-looking technology pass through our doors, but it's rare that the inventions could be called beautiful by those who aren't immersed in the gadget world. We'd venture that North Carolina State University might have crossed the divide by creating an energy storage technology that's both practical and genuinely pretty. Its technology vaporizes germanium sulfide and cools it into 20-30 nanometer layers that, as they're combined, turn into nanoflowers: elegant structures that might look like the carnation on a prom dress or tuxedo, but are really energy storage cells with much more capacity than traditional cells occupying the same area. The floral patterns could lead to longer-lived supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries, and the germanium sulfide is both cheap and clean enough that it could lead to very efficient solar cells that are more environmentally responsible. As always, there's no definite timetable for when (and if) NC State's technology might be commercialized -- so call someone's bluff if they promise you a nanoflower bouquet.
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