When you think of cyborgs, plants probably aren’t the first thing that pops into your head, but it’s time for that to change. A team of researchers at the Laboratory for Organic Electronics at Linköping University in Sweden has managed to grow living roses with electronic circuits threaded through their vascular systems. The team, led by professor Magnus Berggren, sees several possibilities in the project, including the surveillance and regulation of plant growth, and the…
Six million dollar plant: Scientists grow cyborg roses
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