Artificial plants — fake plants, silk plants ... big statement ficus tree and a distinctive five-foot olive tree with adjustable branches. If you already have something in mind, use the table ...

To make branches that appear snow-tipped ... gave us the perfect fake fir. Today's faux firs can be several stories tall. These big, artificial trees start with a steel skeleton.

Costco's faux olive tree is definitely one such ... Just unpack the base, and stick the branches into the tree's trunk. Then, use the wires inside the branches to fluff the tree to perfection.

Solar Botanic hasn't settled on materials, but the nanoleaves would likely rely on highly efficient, thin-film solar cells, perhaps made of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), to convert sunlight ...