December 4, 2006: Digestive Table

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It's the Neatorama/Cellar IotD weekly collaboration!



In the 'interesting art' department, artist Amy Youngs has created this table which helps you to digest your food. But not exactly in the way you might suspect.



In the center of the table is actually a composting bag filled with a mix of worms and bacteria. You put your scraps into it, and they are digested, creating a rich mix of compost and worm castings which eventually come out the bottom of the cone. To make the point of it, the houseplants around the base can benefit from this compost.



But that's not all! The eater can enjoy the composting process by watching it on the built-in monitor, which shows the action via an infrared camera.

You should visit Amy Youngs' website to appreciate the considerable amount of thought that has gone into this. Be sure to click through and check out the other cool works as well.

And be sure to visit Neatorama for more neato items!