Chia Pedal

[EBK]

A work in progress.

First, the following video is required viewing.  If you watched television in the US in the mid 1980s, you would have seen a commercial for this product several times each day.

With that out of the way, I present this, which is still in its early growing stage:



I'm hoping there won't be any water damage, but I'm in completely uncharted territory here.   

[pickdropper]

Hahaha, that's the best thing I've seen in a while.

[EBK]

Hahaha, that's the best thing I've seen in a while.

You'll probably recognize the board:

[mjg]

Yeah, ok, you win the Internet today. 

[DLW]

Hahaha! This is amazing

[Betty Wont]

F'n amazing. Speechless

[alanp]

I think I lack the cultural background to appreciate this... 

[matmosphere]

Hahahaha. You should've just built it into a chia pet.

[cooder]

Too funny....!
Certainly got a lot of Fuzzzzzzz!

[pickdropper]

Hahaha, that's the best thing I've seen in a while.

You'll probably recognize the board:

I'm even more excited.  I never knew PCB design was a growth industry.

[Leevibe]

With enough seed money this idea could really take root and make you some serious green. It's going to be fun to see what other ideas sprout up. You definitely have a fertile imagination.

[EBK]

Yeah, ok, you win the Internet today. 

I must give you a bit of credit here.  You created a tiny spark of inspiration for this project that kept spinning around in my brain.

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=26825.msg262392#msg262392

[Bio77]

It's awesome!  Did you use 80s chia seeds for mojo?

[EBK]

It's awesome!  Did you use 80s chia seeds for mojo?

For the first attempt, I actually did!   



My initial failure was a moisture issue entirely.  The seeds were still viable, as can be seen in the following pics:


The problem was that I stuck the seeds directly onto the painted enclosure.  The ones at the bottom edge (where water was plentiful) were the only ones that grew.

For this attempt, I used a cardboard substrate:


Sadly, I'm out of 80s mojo seeds, but I still have tons of "modern" seeds in case this doesn't work.

[Bio77]

Keeps getting better!

Maybe next time you can just make the enclosure out of adobe?