Clive ThompsonNov 22, 2022

Behold a plant equipped with a machete

The artist attached electrical sensors to the plant, and its electrical activity triggers unpredictable swings of a glisteningly sharp weapon

Link to the original video here: https://www.dwbowen.com/plant-machete

Thoughts from me in this blog post (item #4): https://clivethompson.medium.com/contranyms-song-sharks-and-a-plant-that-swings-a-machete-cf510c89b059

plant machete — David Bowen

plant controlled robot holding a machete

David Bowen
Show threadTJtreehugger2 for HarrisNov 22, 2022
@clive This begs the question, who unplugs the robot from the plant? 🫣
Show threadClive Thompson

@tjtreehugger2

I know 😅

Bonus points if they connected the system to a big solar array that powers it

So you have to wait for the sun to go down for the plant to go to sleep

then in the morning WATCH OUT

Nov 22, 2022 at 5:07pmWeb
Show threadTJtreehugger2 for HarrisNov 26, 2022
@clive a pretty small window there. ☺️
Show threadClive ThompsonNov 26, 2022

@tjtreehugger2

heh yeah