March 7, 2006

Parched

Students create plant that glows when thirsty

I fail to see the utility in this. Don't you just water the plant when it looks like this:

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2 comments:

Jim Donahue said...

>>The light is hard to detect with the naked eye but can be seen using an optical sensor developed in collaboration with students at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.

Yeah, that's practical.

punkinsmom said...

Like I said, don't you just water them when you notice they've begun to droop and brown considerably? That's what seems to work for me.