[via CrunchGear]

Do you want a flower that will live forever? Do you find “fake” plant options hopelessly dull? Japanese researchers recently developed the Himawari, a robotic sunflower capable of sensing the presence of humans. If you wave your hand in front of the flower, it turns its “head” toward you and activates a set of red and white LED lights in the flower’s center. This sensitivity is accomplished through an infra-red camera, also located in the center of the flower, though it’s a nice ego-boost to think that the flower is mistaking you for a source of light.

It’s probably a bad idea to water the Himawari, but you can still get a nice pot for it.