Friday, August 28, 2009

Le petit prince





This Little Guy Might Grow Your Tomatoes on Mars

"Le petit prince" (the little prince) is a miniature greenhouse (concept) intended to walk a plant around Mars' surface in search of optimal growing conditions -- elements from light to nutrients. Eventually the robot masters its environment, sharing growing tips with a whole swarm of bots plant-growing robots.

But the prince is not just a growing machine -- the designer and 2009 Electrolux Design Lab finalist considers the bot first and foremost as a "pet" or "silent friend" to keep a colonist company.


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10 comments:

  1. Jonah8:09 PM

    Yes please!

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  2. "The place we all want to go is Mars. Stepping out into interplanetary space, Lagrange points present the nearest milestone to Earth that's still beyond the moon," Friedman in New Scientist.

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  3. Anonymous6:50 PM

    "Silent friend"? With friends like that, who needs...

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  4. Anonymous11:34 PM

    I ran into this bot, and it too caught my eye

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  5. This won't succeed in reality, that is exactly what I think.

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