This gadget uses AI to listen to plants and translate what they say

If plants could talk . . .

[Photo: Electric Plant Company]

If plants could talk, they might be able to help us better understand environmental conditions. A new sensor was designed to do just that by using AI to listen to and translate plant-speak into data humans can understand.

Bud, from Electric Plant Co., is a lightweight, low-cost handheld sensor that attaches to plants through two probes. It detects and interprets the electric signals that plants naturally produce. Two stainless steel screws hold the sensor in place, and it can be affixed to botanicals whose stem is at least an inch thick.........

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