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John Griessen
Nov 8, 2016, 2:00:29 PM11/8/16
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OK, these researchers are DARPA funded, but there other beneficial apps for similar approaches:
http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-1031
"Using a technique called vascular infusion, which involves applying a solution of nanoparticles to the underside of the leaf,
they placed the sensors into a leaf layer known as the mesophyll, which is where most photosynthesis takes place."
I've not read the full paper yet, but I bet the infusion is simply letting a water suspension flow in to the leaf pores
without killing the plant. That turns it into a sensor, since a plant transpiring is a sampling system for groundwater.
Besides being ground water samplers, plants self repair their chloroplasts -- anything based on those could outperform
machines that fade and decay with time.
What sensor/indicators could be gene edited into plants?
http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-1031
"Using a technique called vascular infusion, which involves applying a solution of nanoparticles to the underside of the leaf,
they placed the sensors into a leaf layer known as the mesophyll, which is where most photosynthesis takes place."
I've not read the full paper yet, but I bet the infusion is simply letting a water suspension flow in to the leaf pores
without killing the plant. That turns it into a sensor, since a plant transpiring is a sampling system for groundwater.
Besides being ground water samplers, plants self repair their chloroplasts -- anything based on those could outperform
machines that fade and decay with time.
What sensor/indicators could be gene edited into plants?
Simon Quellen Field
Nov 8, 2016, 5:25:36 PM11/8/16
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They use high pressure to get the nanotubes into the stomata.
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Dennis Oleksyuk
Nov 8, 2016, 8:23:58 PM11/8/16
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Hi John,
You can find plenty of examples of genetically engineered environmental sensors by simply googling "gene engineering environmental sensors". It is a vibrant field with a lot of exciting ideas.
Do you have a particulate idea in mind?
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016, 5:25 PM Simon Quellen Field <sfi...@scitoys.com> wrote:
They use high pressure to get the nanotubes into the stomata.
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:33 AM, John Griessen <jo...@industromatic.com> wrote:
OK, these researchers are DARPA funded, but there other beneficial apps for similar approaches:
http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-1031
"Using a technique called vascular infusion, which involves applying a solution of nanoparticles to the underside of the leaf, they placed the sensors into a leaf layer known as the mesophyll, which is where most photosynthesis takes place."
I've not read the full paper yet, but I bet the infusion is simply letting a water suspension flow in to the leaf pores
without killing the plant. That turns it into a sensor, since a plant transpiring is a sampling system for groundwater.
Besides being ground water samplers, plants self repair their chloroplasts -- anything based on those could outperform
machines that fade and decay with time.
What sensor/indicators could be gene edited into plants?
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John Griessen
Nov 9, 2016, 1:44:10 PM11/9/16
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On 11/08/2016 04:48 PM, Dennis Oleksyuk wrote:
> You can find plenty of examples of genetically engineered environmental sensors by simply googling "gene engineering environmental
> sensors". It is a vibrant field with a lot of exciting ideas.
>
> Do you have a particular idea in mind?
> You can find plenty of examples of genetically engineered environmental sensors by simply googling "gene engineering environmental
> sensors". It is a vibrant field with a lot of exciting ideas.
>
>
I'm thinking of farming ranching and gardening mostly -- what if we could make
pest detector plants that lived in little drip irrigated
containers that convert their response to network readable?
I am thinking they do a gene fingerprint question
on the surroundings for presence of the pestilent insect/fungus/virus/etc...
They might use RFID tag methods for network communication and run on a solar cell
the size of a pea and the whole thing with some sphagnum moss to hold water is the size of a hazelnut.
Maybe don't drip irrigate, just leave them in the field until dried out, then RFID locate and collect
the hardware parts later for remanufacturing with new live plant parts.
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