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
@clive Well, I’m done for

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Hey, question -- given your wonderful cigar-box guitar icon, do you make/play them?

I made one like 10 years ago, it is a *blast* to play

@clive Have made a handful, then got serious and started guitar lessons - figured I needed to get better before filling the house.

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Right on!

Love those baritone ukuleles, too -- I picked up an inexpensive one in northern Ontario this summer and play it all the time now

@clive The real problem is that we discovered that I was drawn to learning classical guitar, something cigar box jobs aren’t known for 🤷‍♂️

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Alas, no

Classic guitar is f'in metal though