Birds of paradise are tropical flowers with dramatic spiked orange and blue petals. These beautiful flowers can take up to ten years to bloom, but the first challenge is just getting the seeds to germinate. The seeds should be kept at 80-85 degrees F during the 2 month sprouting process. Lows are still in the 40's where I live, so I needed a different way to keep these little seeds warm.

It occurred to me that since I have been wanting to join the fight against COVID with Folding@Home, I could accomplish both these goals at once. I designed a little adapter that fits onto my laptop's fan exhaust vent, and pipe that hot air straight into my little germination box.