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Scientists create spinach that can send emails
Unexplained Myteriess ^ | 02/03/2021

Posted on 02/04/2021 7:47:40 AM PST by BenLurkin

The unorthodox experiment concerns a relatively niche area of technology research known as plant nanobionics which combines nanotechnology with plant biology to achieve new things.

The study, which was carried out by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), had initially focused on finding a way to use plants to detect explosives, but later evolved into using them to learn about the environment and to relay that information back to a mobile phone.

Obviously we're not talking about having spinach plants type out an email in the conventional sense - instead the fusion of biology and nanotechnology has enabled sensory data from the spinach to be communicated in a way that can be picked up and analyzed by human scientists

(Excerpt) Read more at unexplained-mysteries.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Food; Science
KEYWORDS: email; emails; mit; spinach
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To: BenLurkin

I can imagine spinach sounding like Mr. Bill: “Oh, Noooo!”


21 posted on 02/04/2021 9:00:46 AM PST by W. (And now, more beer, and Les Nessman!)
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To: W.

As it goes into the boiling water.

Gotta stop eating/typing...


22 posted on 02/04/2021 9:02:46 AM PST by W. (And now, more beer, and Les Nessman!)
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To: Noumenon

In early trials, spinach spells better than your average FReeper - and unlike the latter, actually makes an effort to learn from its mistakes.


23 posted on 02/04/2021 9:06:04 AM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: BenLurkin

Well, consumption of some vegetables will cause me to send air mail.


24 posted on 02/04/2021 9:13:59 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: BenLurkin
Scientists create spinach that can send emails

This is a headline I never thought I would see. In fact, in the entire history of words, I don't think these words have ever been placed in this order before.

25 posted on 02/04/2021 9:14:43 AM PST by Charles Henrickson
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To: BenLurkin

If they got spinach to Tweet and post on Facebook how would we know?


26 posted on 02/04/2021 9:16:40 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Dr. Sivana

That was a great quote !!!


27 posted on 02/04/2021 9:17:51 AM PST by wbslws
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To: BenLurkin

They stole my concept! Pigeons eat the encoded spinach, fly to a destination, and poop the encoded spinach on the ground for the recipient to decipher. Whats not to like?


28 posted on 02/04/2021 9:19:31 AM PST by Bob434
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To: BenLurkin

More democrat voters.


29 posted on 02/04/2021 9:20:50 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: gimme1ibertee

Good stuff!


30 posted on 02/04/2021 10:26:59 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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