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Growing circuits in plants, oh wow.

This 'Cyborg Rose' Grows Functioning Electronic Circulatory Inside its Stem and Leaves


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Truth is stranger than fiction! Even science fiction!

Scientists have literally turned a rose into a "power plant". Here's a condensed version of the article I put together.
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Scientists have figured out how to inject a conducting solution into a rose cutting, and have it spontaneously form wires throughout its stem, leaves, and petals to create fully functioning supercapacitors for energy storage.

Back in 2015, the team produced their first cyborg rose by filling its veins with a conductive polymer solution, and having it weave the material into its living tissue.

Within just two days, they found that the conducting polymer had been absorbed into its network of veins, and when they removed the outer tissue of the base of the stem, they found actual polymer wires running through the rose's internet xylem network.

By placing gold electrodes and probes on the ends and in the middle of the rose cutting, the team created a fully functional transistor. They connected it to an external resistor and successfully ran a current through it.



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