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 β€” David Bowen

plant controlled robot holding a machete

David Bowen
@clive This begs the question, who unplugs the robot from the plant? 🫣

@tjtreehugger2

I know πŸ˜…

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