Biome is a flora terrarium, which works a little like alive tamagotchi–with a smartphone or Ipad as its key to controlling its climate, water level and nutrients. The idea promotes ‘digital downtime’ by finding an alternative use for smartphones and encouraging their owners to consider a slower life.The control and nurturing of a real mini eco-system takes patience and care, contrasting with the immediacy of messaging or tweeting that is so characteristic of the smartphone generation. This smart garden has low energy lighting that can replicate sunlight and contain sensors that link back to the device when connected. It is designed to incorporate different types of environment–tropical,desert, even herb garden–and can be easily controlled by even the least green-fingered of users.