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August 15, 2011 06:47 pm GMT

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

imec mebiolHere'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.

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