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User Experience Design

Rethinking desktop plants.  Scroll it!

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Plants can pleasantly accent an office and help with air quality.

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Unfortunately, they do not always last so long.

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Dead or dying plants are then usually discarded as waste.  For the eco-office of the future, we need a smarter, more sustainable solution.


Introducing...
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The eco-thanatron is a smart plant pot that provides its own light...

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and ensures that the plant is properly hydrated. 

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An emotive display on the pot shows how the plant is feeling that day, just like an electronic tamagotchi pet.

Fast growing seeds can be used that will sprout in only two days and flower in two weeks.  

Did you know: 90% of a plant's mass comes from C02 harvested from the air?

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Nothing lasts forever, so when your plant expires... just flick the switch...

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And the pot will carefully blend the dead plant into the soil with counter rotating blades.

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Just stick in a new seed, refill the water reservoir and enjoy your new friend!