128-floor vertical farm?

How about this for fantasy? This concept for a 128-floor vertical farm in New York City looks like the stuff of science fiction. Or maybe the nighttime vision of an urban planner who keeps a pad and a pen by her bed so she can scribble down her strangest dreams. Maybe it's just the bizarro Dubai -- the eco-friendly version.

According to the architect who came up with the plans, the "Dragonfly" is built using "bionic and energetically self-sufficient architecture." The building is supposed to contain housing, office space, reserach labs, and whole lot of farms. Plus it's powered by solar and wind.

Strange? Yes. Is it something I expect to see in the near future? Not exactly. But you gotta admit, it's much better vision of the future than, say, Blade Runner.