Next time your smart phone battery is dying, look no further than a plant. Researchers in Spain have invented a houseplant that provides electricity by harnessing the power of photosynthesis. Bioo ...

What if your houseplant could charge your smartphone? That is what the creators of Bioo hope to achieve with their new product, which does just that. CEO Pablo Vidarte and his team have set out to ...

In a park on the Spanish island of Ibiza, a prototype for new renewable energy isn’t a huge spinning turbine or a field of solar panels. Instead, it’s partially hidden underground: a biological ...

Bioo is generating electricity from the organic matter in soil and creating biological batteries to power agricultural sensors, a growing 1.36 billion dollar global market. Eventually, Bioo envisions ...

A Barcelona startup wants to help regular people harness the power of photosynthesis. Bioo is the world’s first planter that can charge electronic devices like cell phones and tablets, and the company ...

Dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories and perspectives you won't find anywhere else. When Mother Nature came up with photosynthesis, she likely wasn’t ...

Think about where our energy comes from: drilling rigs and smokestacks, windmills and solar panels. Lithium-ion battery packs might even come to mind. We probably don't think about the farms that ...

A team has launched what they say is the first plant pot capable of charging your phone, and it's called Bioo. The pot is said to produce electricity in a roundabout way from the plant's ...