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honey, i got you a bouquet of light-emitting diodes

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If there’s one thing us geeks know how to do is turn the everyday into something fantastically dorky. Our latest invention? LED flowers, trees and shrubs.

This high-tech plantlife does away with such petty annoyances as dirt, water and sunlight, replacing them with an ongoing thirst for electricity. Each kit comes complete with bendy branches,…

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November 11th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful technology

brinno gardenwatchcam: time-lapse digital garden camera shoots video slightly more interesting than watching paint dry

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Want to know if your green thumb is really green? This nifty garden gadget lets you keep watch over your budding plants 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from across the globe if you want.

The Brinno GardenWatchCam observes your flowers as they grow, taking time lapse digital photos at intervals ranging from…

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July 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging gadgets strange + wonderful technology video

farmerbot turns gardening into gaming

peter sands fast planting robot

Gardening can be lots of fun, but it’s not always really easy. It can be, though, if you’re a robotics expert able to put together your very own robot gardener, who can do all the grunt work by remote while you kick back in a lawn chair with a gaming controller.

Peter Sands’ garden-bot will…

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April 28th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods robots strange + wonderful