Shrimp, Flickr of Shrimp

I like pets you don’t have to feed. They are named “Repo” and “Man”. Flickr makes them very active.

The EcoSphere is a sealed-glass ecosystem in balance. Only sunlight comes in.

Kevin Kelly writes wonderfully about the marvels and challenges of getting these to work in his book, Out of Control. It’s a good overview of evolution, co-evolution, hives, artificial life and the power of biological processes. Biosphere 2 is a much more ambitious project.