Solar Plant:: Carry your Light With You
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 05. 4.06
There are lots of things out there that store solar energy in the day and release it at night, but how many come with such a story? We love the Solar Plant:
A natural plant absorbs sunlight and carbon dioxide, and discharges oxygen and water.
The solar plant absorbs sunlight and emits light after dark.
Although it does not grow like a natural plant, it always stands still next to you.
Please, fully expose it to sunlight in the daytime.
You could feel the solar plant which shines after dark like the sun.
Designed by Takanori Hayakawa, ::cute flash demo here via ::Product Dose
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So, um, I couldn't have one of these in my home. A little phallic, don't you think?
Heh, I thought the exact same thing too. Surely the designer's couldn't have overlooked the fact that most people would probably see this thing as a little rude looking ;)
Surely a slightly different form, or some fake leaves, or something, would have diminished this look.
One interesting thing is the solar cell doesn't look like one; guess it's piping light inside where a cell is hidden? Funny that they hid the cell so well, and yet missed what is sitting right out in the open (perhaps they meant to? Is this thing really gonna be used as a 'solar plant'?!)
Or just have your home powered by renewable sources?
This seems pointless.
whats the price and where do US residents buy from?
What's wrong with being phallic?
Some religions have lingams in their temples (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam). Different people are brain branded differently :-)
I am more curious where it can be found in the US.
Actually, it looks the opposite of phallic to me: it looks like a flower stripped of everything but its stamen (the FEMALE part of the flower that when fertilised developes into the fruit).
FYI
Sue
It's a hundred dollar paperweight made in Japan that glows in the dark. If it was sold at Wal-mart for $19.99 and made in China you would all be up in arms about this egregious waste of natural resources.
Cute though it may be, there is nothing clearly treehugger about this. It's just overpriced future landfill.
Agreed--this is a complete waste of materials and nothing but an over-glorified nightlight. Blah.
LA: c'mon, mike, our posts can't all be brilliant like yours are. In retrospect I think you all may be right about this one.
same same - I think it is a waste of resources and poorly designed - why is this being featured in treehugger?
meanwhile I'd like to know how it can "absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide, and discharge oxygen and water."
from my limited chemistry knowledge I think there's a bit of carbon being lost here (that's before I start looking for the source of hydrogen)