Digestive Table Eats Your Scraps, Feeds The Plants

Posted on January 4th, 2007 by William.
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Here’s a clip from the site that explains the Digestive Table:

A living ecosystem of worms, sowbugs and bacteria are invited to this table. They are a part of the digestive system that starts with a person discarding food leftovers and shredded paper into the portal at the top. The bacteria and sowbugs begin breaking down the waste and the worms soon join in to further digest it into a rich compost that sprinkles out of the bottom of the fabric bag that hangs beneath the table. This compost is used as a fertilizer for plants, such as those at the base of the table.

The human plays an important part at the table by eating, feeding the food waste to the worms, feeding the resulting fertilizer to the plants, or by simply sitting and appreciating the living ecosystem she/he is a part of. A cross-section of the activity inside the top 9 inches of the compost is made visible using an infrared security camera connected to an LCD screen built into the table. On the screen, viewers can see the live movements of the worms and sowbugs inside.

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Teens sued over sad ostrich

Posted on January 4th, 2007 by William.
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Sad Ostrich

AN ostrich owner is suing three youths in Germany for allegedly making his bird impotent and depressed by setting off firecrackers next to it.The bird’s owner wants 5,040 euros (£3,394) in damages from the youths because he was planning to start an ostrich farm.

A court in the town of Bautzen in Saxony will hear the case on January 15 against the teens aged between 17 and 18.

“The man claims that he lost out on the possible births of 14 chicks and he also wants compensation for the vet’s bills,” a spokesman for the court in eastern Germany said.

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