Blog

Apr 6, 2021

Rise of the ‘robo-plants’, as scientists fuse nature with tech

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, mobile phones

Remote-controlled Venus flytrap “robo-plants” and crops that tell farmers when they are hit by disease could become reality after scientists developed a high-tech system for communicating with vegetation.

Researchers in Singapore linked up plants to electrodes capable of monitoring the weak electrical pulses naturally emitted by the greenery.

The scientists used the technology to trigger a Venus flytrap to snap its jaws shut at the push of a button on a .

Comments are closed.