Growth Assembly

Though the example product seems a little far-fetched; growth assembly could be quite revolutionary. Worldwide shipping of manufactured things is very inefficient. Why not ship devices and utensils in a single envelope? As seeds.

“Our idea of industry will grow to include nature. Genetically altered organisms will be an everyday thing. Introducing diversity and softness to a realm once dominated by heavy manufacturing. Shops will evolve into factory farms. Licenced products are grown where sold. We will no longer ship products around the world. Only seeds will be shipped as they contain all the manufacturing instructions encoded in their dna.”

Where the demonstrated herbicide sprayer takes ‘only’ seven altered botanical organisms to make the assembly, imagine how many species would have to be grown in a factory farm to make a car.

Link: pohflepp.com & daisyginsberg.com | illustrations by Sion Ap Tomos. | Related: How to Grow an Orangina Bottle | The World Without Technology