I dig this robotic plant project by Japanese artist and visual designer Akira Nakayasu. Based roughly on an earlier work titled Himawari, which was a sunflower-shaped robot, this piece (simply titled Plant) is an interactive installation inspired by the sight of grass blowing in the wind. Plant is made up of 169 artificial robotic leaves […]

Tired of going grocery shopping? Don’t you wish you could just print your food out? Well you’re in luck. MIT Media Lab grad students Amit Zoran and Marcelo Coelho have developed the Cornucopia, a digital cooking device that may one day be used to produce all the food we eat. The “personal food factory” aims […]