interactive plants WTF?

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV]

http://en.akihabaranews.com/110940/icon-cat/event-show/keio-univeristy-demos-interactive-plants-that-react-and-convey-emotions?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keio-univeristy-demos-interactive-plants-that-react-and-convey-emotions

Is this "plain wrong" or what?

Kalin.

[Akiba]

No, it's not wrong. I've been having a secret love affair with my cactus for
a few years now. Takes a bit of getting used to and reproduction is a little
painful.

Akiba
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[Torsten Wagner]

...and they get grants for this!? :o

[Usmar A Padow]

I don't see anything wrong with it. They claim it doesn't hurt the plants.

[Chris Harrington]

OK, I could kind of see it if the sensors read some kind of
physiological state in the plant itself and translated that into a
human readable action to encourage actual human <> plant feedback, but
strapping it to motors and forcing it to bend based in no part on what
the plant is doing is just silly.

Chris Harrington
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