Cyborg venus flytrap plant controlled with a smartphone
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Venus flytraps are triggered to snap shut when an insect tickles the tiny hairs inside its jaw-like leaves. Now, researchers have created a cyborg venus flytrap that closes when zapped with a tiny electrical signal. According to Nanyang Technological University scientists, the leaves function as long as a day after they are cut from a living plant. — Read the rest