Exclusive: Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
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Exclusive: Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.
Electric Plant claims that its sensors can capture electrical signals from plants and that its AI model, Bombadil, helps interpret them. The startup raised USD 11.2 million and argues that technology could guide irrigation and fertilization decisions, although it did not disclose detailed metrics or the names of its first customers.
Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Justin Mast’s life was changed by a cyborg plant. A few years ago, Mast was reading through some scientific literature when he stumbled upon research about a houseplant wired to a motorized stand. When the plant wanted more light, electrical signals flowed through the living tissues. A control…
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