Category:
Botany
Botany
Plant Machete
A machete-wielding plant. From the website of David Bowen, its creator:This installation enables a live plant to control a machete. plant machete has a control system that reads and utilizes the electrical noises found in a live philodendron. The system uses an open source micro-controller connected to the plant to read varying resistance signals across the plant’s leaves. Using custom software, these signals are mapped in real-time to the movements of the joints of the industrial robot holding a machete.
The Day of the Triffids would have been a gorier novel if the plants had machetes.
via WhatTheyTh!nk
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 13, 2023 -
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Category: Art, Botany, Weapons
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