Disney Research's Botanicus Interacticus adds capacitive touch to ordinary plants, we go hands-on

Sure, you spend plenty of time talking to your plants, but have you ever made them sing. In partnership with Berlin-based Studio NAND, Walt Disney's experience development arm, coined Disney Research, has found a way to take human-plant interaction to an almost freakish level. The project's called Botanicus Interacticus, and centers around a custom-built capacitive sensor module, which pipes a very low current through an otherwise ordinary plant, then senses when and where you touch. Assuming your body is grounded, the device uses more than 200 frequencies to determine exactly where you've grabbed hold of a stem.










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