Thursday, 21 April 2016
A Barcelona company has managed to turn the humble house plant into a bonafide charging station for your smartphone. Bioo Lite, made by Arkyne Technologies harnesses photosynthesis – something the plant does all by itself – to turn sunlight into electricity. It’s currently smashed its Indiegogo fund raising goal of €15,000 and still has a month left. Now, it’s not quite as simple as sinking a USB cable into the soil and hoping for the best. Beneath the plant sits two smaller pots of bacteria that react with water. Once your plant starts converting sunlight into energy, the compounds created in the…
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