Tweeting Plant

GZA at MIT, Tweeting plants, North Korea architecture guides and more in our look at the web this week

Get botanical updates with this high-tech DIY project, which allows your plant to send out Tweets reminding owners when water levels drop. Stay-at-home botanists and social media mavens will have a hard time resisting this one.

One Laptop Per Child

GZA at MIT, Tweeting plants, North Korea architecture guides and more in our look at the web this week

In an effort to bring communicative technologies to children, Fuse Project is introducing XO-3, a low-cost tablet for use in educational settings. The follow-up to the original XO, which reached 2.4 million children, features a playfully rugged design and simple interface.

Cube

GZA at MIT, Tweeting plants, North Korea architecture guides and more in our look at the web this week

Exciting as the field of 3D printing may be, the price and dimensions of early models have kept the technology out of reach. Cube comes fully arranged at a consumer price point, ready to create and share renderings on the Cubify marketplace.