Ashes to Ashes, Dust to ... Interactive Biodegradable Funerary Urns?

The Bios Urn mixes cremains with soil and seedlings. It automatically waters and cares for the memorial sapling, sending updates to a smartphone app. The Bios Urn mixes cremains with soil and seedlings. It automatically waters and cares for the memorial sapling, sending updates to a smartphone app. Earlier this summer, a modest little startup in Barcelona, Spain, unveiled its newest product -- a biodegradable, Internet-connected funeral urn that turns the ashes of departed loved ones into an indoor tree.