August 15th, 2011

Imec: Japanese Company Lets Plants Grow On Thin Films Instead Of Soil (Video)

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Here’s some amazing tech from Japan: Tokyo-based Mebiol is working on an membrane–based plant cultivation technology called Imec that makes it possible to let plants grow on thin film instead of soil. The film is made of a water-absorbent material called hydrogel and is just “tens of microns” thick. → Read More