Plant Sensors
Dr. Rich Fletcher, Nikolai Slavov, and Professor Hiroshi Ishii
Tangible Bits

Exhibitions
Ars Electronica Center, Linz 2001-
ICC, Tokyo 2000
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06-07
Jabberstamp
05-06
Disaster Simulation
Senspectra
Remix+Robo Topobo
AR-Jig
SP3X
04-05
Glume
PICO
Topobo Backpacks
I-Camera
03-04
I/O Brush
AirportSim
CircuiTUI
Topobo
Tangible Business Process Analyzer
02-03
SandScape
Pins
egaku
IP Network Design Workbench
Super Cilia Skin
Plant Sensors
Vehicle Safety Sensor
Tangible Video Browser
Phoxel Space
01-02
Illuminating Clay
ComTouch
Supply Chain Visualization
Audiopad
Sensetable
Tangible query interfaces
Actuated Workbench
Dolltalk
00-01
CADcast
PegBlocks
LumiTouch
Senseboard
genieBottles
Tangible Viewpoints
TellTale
99-00
Urban Simulation
pinwheels
bottlogues
Strata
GeoSCAPE
Triangles and Narratives
98-99
musicBottles
TouchCounters
curlybot
HandSCAPE
Personal Ambient Display
musicbox
97-98
mediaBlocks
I/O Bulb and Luminous Room
Triangles
inTouch
PSyBench
PingPongPlus
FishFace
Ambient Fixtures
Expressive KineticObjects
96-97
 metaDESK
Tangible Geospace
ambientROOM
Ghostly Presence
transBOARD
mediaFlow
Proxy-Distributed Computation
90-95
Bricks
ClearBoard
Team Workstation


Plants are very common in our world and and contain a vast amount of information. Although there are open debates about the intelligence of plants, it is undeniable that plants have a great ablity to sense and respond to their environment. The electrophysiology of plants has sparked interest since the late 1800s, but this topic has not been explored recently in the context of modern information technology and electronic devices. We are building novel electronic and optical sensors that "take a peek" inside the biological activity of living plants, and explore their use as low-cost sensors and thought-provoking educational tools for children and museum exhibits.