Probably a bit of both.

blinks nictitating membranes

Dogs and cats will let you know if they're hungry or thirsty, with house plants it's a little more subtle.

mlem

Let's not let pesky things like facts get in the way!

When you're just trying to commute home but creatures from the nether keep causing traffic jams...

I would totally expect that because controller, but I hadn't considered the specs.

Nanostructures? Sheeit, wait until we get to responding to ourselves from another federated service! Wait, what were we talking about?

Won't stop fumes but it will stop a bunch of particulate pollution and prevent you from accidentally eating bugs!

Less visible? lol...

Probably just a coincidence and nothing to do with corporations screwing up our environment for profit.