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blog.makezine.com - 9/30/2008
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The "Spore 1.1" project is a self-sustaining ecosystem for a rubber tree plant purchased from Home Depot where the economic health of Home Depot stock value is analyzed and used to control the watering of the plant through a custom built circuit. If the company does poorly and the plant ...
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Home Depot Has A Plant
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[image] This plant is no ordinary house plant. It’s called Spore 1.1 and it’s a reflection of how Home Depot is faring in the current economy. It’s rigged so that if Home Depot’s stock falls, the plant isn’t watered and it dies. Should stock soar, the plant gets a healthy dose of water . Cruel? A bit, but we’re guessing that given the current state of the economy, this plant was dead a long time ago. Link [ via ]
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