Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' vascular tissues

Posted by astaroth360 on Friday November 20, 2015 @06:14PM
from the csmonitor.com dept.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1120/Beautiful-circuits-Dawn-of-the-cyborg-rose

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Re:Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' va... by mistralx01 on Saturday November 21, 2015 @11:50AM (#10607223)

Goes well with the other article on the front page about DNA writing! http://www.wired.com/2015/11/making-dna/

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Re:Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' va... by hanniabu on Saturday November 21, 2015 @12:01PM (#10607258)

Wonder what happens when you accidentally eat one of those plants.

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Re:Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' va... by whyenot on Saturday November 21, 2015 @03:21PM (#10607900)

If you somehow manage to accidentally eat a rose (the plant in the article), I'd be far more concerned about the large thorns than the electronics.

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Re:Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' va... by mattwar on Saturday November 21, 2015 @04:11PM (#10608042)

Rose petals are edible, though?

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Re:Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' va... by clebio on Saturday November 21, 2015 @10:59AM (#10607070)

Next up: ourselves. Bioengineering embedded circuitry into our skin. Forget wearable devices!

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Re:Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' va... by unimpressive on Saturday November 21, 2015 @11:53AM (#10607234)

This would be a bad idea for multiple reasons, first up being that it increases the existential risk of humanity as a whole:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/25/us-electricity-sol...

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Re:Scientists have wound electronic circuits into plants' va... by ChuckMcM on Saturday November 21, 2015 @03:54PM (#10607984)

Agreed this is probably the next step. My guess are vanity tattoos that glow or emit light, powered by the heat differential of you body and the outside air.

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