‘The Biome’ is a flora terrarium that is controlled by using your iPad, created by London-based designer Samuel Wilkinson.

The climate conditions, water level and nutrients inside the biome are controlled by an app for smartphones and iPads. With the application the user is able to control the temperature, while low-energy lighting built into the top of the terrarium can replicate sunlight.

Wilkinson explains that the concept promotes “digital downtown’ by finding an alternative use for smartphones and encouraging their owners to consider a slower life”.

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