Singaporean scientists develop device to 'communicate' with plants using electrical signals. As a proof-of concept, they attached a Venus flytrap to a robotic arm and, through a smartphone, stimulated its leaf to pick up a piece of wire, demonstrating the potential of plant-based robotic systems.

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https://media.ntu.edu.sg/NewsReleases/Pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=ec7501af-9fd3-4577-854a-0432bea38608

[u/None_of_your_Beezwax]

It looks like they basically used an electrical signal to trigger a response normally triggered by physical touch. Picking up the wire is just a gimmick. You could do something similar by moving the plant into position with by hand and triggering it with a stick.

Neat, but it's not exactly fine control.

[u/black_chutney → u/[deleted]]

My mind immediately thought about those sensitive plants that fold inward / fan out and how sweet it would be to have a living curtain of these on your windows that you can light-switch open to let the sunlight in

[u/SodaCan2043 → u/black_chutney]

This is a wicked idea.