Japanese people, it seems, have a penchant for
making very weird gadgets.
Take the Food, a portable desktop garden made by
Japanese company C'estec as detailed in the article “The
Foop lets you grow a garden in your kitchen”, published April 28, 2016 by
Adam Bolton, CNET News.
The toaster oven contraption has a name that's an
acronym of “food” and “people” and costs US$360 (¥38,800). It weights roughly 8
kg (16 pounds) and has dimensions of 498mm by 326mm by 320mm.Despite its odd
cradle look, this contraption lets apartment-bound Japanese people grow their
own vegetables indoors.
Rather than plant your seeds in soil, the Foop comes
with moisture-rich sponge pods to make thing grow, kind of like a hydroponics
garden as described in my Geezam blog article
entitled “Solar
Powered Organic Farming for Jamaica’s Food Security”.
So how is this better than you growing your veggies
in a backyard garden?
C'estec
Foop Portable Gardens – How Apartment Dwellers can grow their food organically
Remember, this is for people who have no backyard
space to grow stuff in the first place.
Still, I can cut some glass bottles and make a
hydroponics Wick Garden housed in a wooden box as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to Cut Glass Bottles to make a Rooftop Garden Wick-Based Hydroponic System”.
It also appeals to the smartphone generation, as the
Food has LED lights that are controlled by a Smartphone App. It's bristling
with other sensors such as an environmental regulation fans, CO2 sensors and a
small hand pump to pump water. The Foop App also control the humidity an as
well as the temperature, allowing you to precisely grow up to twenty (20)
different plants.
Looks like growing you own vegetables is in our
future, especially as we'll all be living in cities by 2100 as noted in my blog article
entitled “How
Bio-Bean is making Biofuel F Coffee Waste as Coruscant looms”.
So like it or not, Agricultural towers may be in our
distant future as noted in my blog article
entitled “How
IGES Canada Ltd Vertical Hydroponic Aquaponic Towers make low cost Organic
foods”.
I guess in the future, this may be how people grow
their food organically.
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