Page 2 - Patrick Torbey News Today

Neoplants uses microbiome science to turn an ordinary plant into an air-purifying machine. Here's how it works.

The secret is bacteria

Plant people take their hobby seriously. That's why the green thumbs in your life need all the best new tech for keeping plants happy, healthy and gorgeous.

A French biotech company wants to clear the air—literally. Neoplants introduced its genetically-engineered pothos plants late last year, touting the plant's ability...

Neoplants’s marquee product, announced late last year, is the Neo P1, the first houseplant genetically engineered to remediate indoor air pollution. At first blush, this high-tech pothos—a tropical vine native to the Solomon Islands, also known as “Devil’s Ivy”—is indistinguishable from the real thing.

At the CES tech megashow in Las Vegas, it is unusual to see an entrepreneur hold up a plant and present it as the latest breakthrough in consumer technology.

At the CES tech megashow in Las Vegas, it is unusual to see an entrepreneur hold up a plant and present it as the latest breakthrough in consumer technology. But for NeoPlants co-founder Patrick Torbey, the gathering held annually just after the new year should not be&#...

Green tech fights for limelight at CES gadget fest

At the CES tech megashow in Las Vegas, it is unusual to see an entrepreneur hold up a plant and present it as the latest breakthrough in consumer technology.

At the CES tech megashow in Las Vegas, it is unusual to see an entrepreneur hold up a plant and present it as the latest breakthrough in consumer technology.