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Bio-Electronic Circuits | January 2017

The roots, stems, leaves, and vascular circuitry of higher plants are responsible for conveying the chemical signals that regulate growth and functions. From a certain perspective, these features are analogous to the contacts, interconnections, devices, and wires of discrete and integrated electronic circuits. Although many attempts have been made to augment plant function with electroactive materials, plants’ “circuitry” has never been directly merged with electronics until now. A group of Swedish scientists have reported analog and digital organic electronic circuits and devices manufactured in living plants. The four key components of a circuit have been achieved using the xylem, leaves, veins, and signals of the plant as the template and integral part of the circuit elements and functions. With integrated and distributed electronics in plants, one can envisage a range of applications including precision recording and regulation of physiology, energy harvesting from photosynthesis, and alternatives to genetic modification for plant optimization. It also opens an entirely new way of communication and interaction for the future, which is the scope of this project. It will augment the life of plants through digital communication and direct inputs. Difficult natural conditions will not be a factor any more. By connect the plant electric circuit to Microcontroller board, the board will take the inputs and transform them into outputs in both directions through a Bluetooth Hub. This way many eco issues can be solved in a variety of areas - from your private garden to extended agricultural lands and natural parks.

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