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Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: Foxy Brown on March 08, 2006, 02:58:05 PM

Some people like to talk to their plants. Now, students at Singapore Polytechnic say they have created a plant that can communicate with people — by glowing when it needs water. (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1695006)

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: ctz on March 08, 2006, 03:18:41 PM

Nice. That plant could survive in my care. I'd prefer a plant that glows when it doesn't need water. It would be more cool that way. Otherwise I'd probably torture the plant because I want to see the glow.

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: shadowstar on March 08, 2006, 03:43:30 PM

they should make a plant which kicks your ass when it's thirsty :lol:

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: AlphaTiger on March 08, 2006, 08:09:38 PM

Quote from: arian

they should make a plant which kicks your ass when it's thirsty :lol:

Agreed.

That would be the ultimate plant at raves, as long as it is in dire need of water.

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: maliciel on March 08, 2006, 08:36:19 PM

Singapore power +1~!

Really interesting. There's been tons of stuff they've been putting that jellyfish gene into, and this one is pretty practical..

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: meowchi on March 08, 2006, 10:27:21 PM

Which reminds me of that movie, Pet Shop of Horrors, I think the name was? If I remember right it resembled the spitting fire plant in the mario bros.

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: ctz on March 08, 2006, 10:36:48 PM

Quote from: .:meowchi:.

Which reminds me of that movie, Pet Shop of Horrors, I think the name was? If I remember right it resembled the spitting fire plant in the mario bros.

You mean Little Shop of Horrors? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: meowchi on March 08, 2006, 10:47:20 PM

Yeaaah that's it, thanks ctz.. Apparently the makers of this film thought plants were the devil!

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: suki* on March 09, 2006, 11:16:16 AM

This would be terribly useful for me. Maybe then the silly money-plant in the office would stop dying on me coz we would know when it needed water and not over water it. >_<

Title: Students create plant that glows when thirsty
Post by: Lunar on March 09, 2006, 03:29:44 PM

Nice idea but i think it will turn out in a mutant or somthing like in Hollow Man   :lol: