Tip of the hat to Clare Curran, who spotted Formed at Dunedin Startup Weekend - a collective of 10 Kiwi and American scientists, artists and industrial designers trying to raise money to make "biotech jewellery."
If you stump up $200 via PledgeMe.co.nz (a local version of Kickstarter.com), Formed will deliver you a locket containing a single cell organism that should bloom into a unique design.
Hopefully it'll grow better than the Sea Monkeys your correspondent ordered as a young 'un.
Investor and InternetNZ Councillor Dave Moskovitz is among early pledgers.
Here's the promo clip:
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Biotech jewellery at Dunedin Startup Weekend
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