A new Kickstarter campaign is pitching a new idea that can turn ashes of the dead people to grow a new plant. Bios Incube is the product of a Spain's Barcelona-based startup called or Bios Urn, which kick-started the incubator this month and has already completed its funding target.
Bios Urn is not only the name of the company, it is also the name of their first product which was launched in 2013 and according to their Kickstarter page, over 60,000 Bios Urn have been sold all around the world. Bios Incube is the new product of the company that has been billed as "The world's first incubator for the afterlife," The Verge reported.
Bios Incube is an electrical incubator that copies and monitors biochemical processes inside the Bio Urn, a container containing ashes of deceased, and automatically waters the plant. Equipped with various sensors, the new device pairs up with the original product and relays information about temperature, moisture, and electrical conductivity to the user on their smartphone.
The Bios Incube app notifies the loved one of the deceased when the Bios Urn needs to be filled with water or if the temperature conditions are not suitable for the growth of the plant that people are trying to grow in the memory of their loved ones who have passed away.
Roger Moliné, a product designer who co-founded Bios Urn with his brother Gerard, explains that when someone is gone, for a brief time, people are not ready to accept the bitter truth so being able to grow a plant out of a person's ashes is something "really beautiful." He added that the technology has been designed for convenience, keeping in mind the people who may not have a yard space for growing vegetation.
Bios Urn is actually a connected pot and its new incubator, Bios Incube, is a more portable way to honor the loved ones who are not among the living anymore. The incubator is self-sustaining and hassle-free, ensuring greater success chances for growing plants out of ashes of dead people. It is important because otherwise, people would feel even more devastated if they failed to grow the plant.
Bios Incube and Bios Urn are not the only tech products assuaging the loss of loved ones in a strange way. An app called "Your Last Will" allows people to record video messages only to be viewed after their death. Few companies offer tombstone QR codes that can be scanned to open memorial pages, while a company called Celestis, sends the deceased into space.
Here's the official video introducing Bios Incube by Bios Urn.