plants – lookashiny

solarpunk-aesthetic:

This adorable little robot is designed to make sure its photosynthesising passenger is well taken care of. It moves towards brighter light if it needs, or hides in the shade to keep cool. When in the light, it rotates to make sure the plant gets plenty of light. It even likes to play with humans.

Oh, and apparently, it gets antsy when it’s thirsty.

The robot is actually an art project called “Sharing Human Technology with Plants” by a roboticist named Sun Tianqi. It’s made from a modified version of a Vincross HEXA robot, and in his own words, it’s purpose is “to explore the relationship between living beings and robots.”

I don’t care if it’s silly. I want one.

um this is the cutest thing in the world and i want 10

Tree Church in New Zealand

After Barry Cox traveled the world admiring churches, he decided to build his own–out of trees. Using five different species and a tree spade from his work at Treelocations, the New Zealand resident created a living, breathing house of worship that seats 100 people. Tree Church was Originally designed to be a private retreat, but it’s simply too beautiful not to share, so he opened it up to the public. (Source)