日本推出Foop水培花園 幫城市居民實現家中種菜願望

Many of us living in tiny apartments can only dream about growing vegetables in our own backyards, but thanks to Foop, an ingenious home gardening pod developed by Japanese company C'estec, we can now grow veggies in the comfort of our own home.

我們中的許多人都生活在狹小的公寓，只能夢想着在我們自己的後院種菜，但是多虧了日本C'estec公司發明的一種名爲Foop的家庭園藝箱，我們現在可以在自己家裏種植蔬菜了。

Foop is a small-size hydroponic agriculture kit that allows users to grow plants in water instead of soil. Its designers claim that you can use Foop to grow popular vegetables, including lettuce, arugula, basil, parsley or shiso, all of which can be raised from seeds and will develop faster than non-hydroponic plants.

Foop是一種小型家庭園藝箱，用戶可以用水替代土壤培養植物。它的設計師表示，人們可以使用Foop來種植很受大衆歡迎的蔬菜，比如生菜、芝麻菜、羅勒，香菜或紫蘇。這些蔬菜可以從種子開始育苗，且比非水培植物生長得更快。

The compact device houses a set of moisture-rich sponge pods in which you plant the seeds.

這一小型設備中安置了一套富含水分的海綿栽培杯，你可以在裏面播種。

After that, pair the Foop with your smartphone and you'll receive a prediction of how long the plants will take to fully grow. You can also alter lighting, heat and humidity via an app.

之後，將Foop與智能手機配對，你就能獲得這些植物充分生長需要花費多長時間的預測。你還可以通過一款應用調節燈光、溫度、溼度。

The elegantly-designed wooden frame of the Foop is is produced by craftsmen from Hida, in Gifu Prefecture, one of Japan's most famous woodworking regions, but the device also comes with a clear acrylic cover that lets you check the progress of your crops.

Foop設計典雅的木製框架是由來自日本岐阜縣飛驒市的工匠製作的，該市也是日本最著名的木材加工區之一。除此之外，該設備也有一個透明的亞克力罩，可以讓你檢查作物的成長情況。

Foop will be officially launched in September, but C'estec has already started taking preorders. You'll have to fork out 38,800 yuan ($360) for it, but you should probably hurry and preorder, as the initial launch batch will aparently be limited to 100 units.

據悉，Foop將於9月正式發售，但是C'estec公司現在已經開始接受預訂。你需要花費38800元（摺合360美元）來購買它，不過預訂請從速，因爲第一批僅限量100臺。