Scientists have created a kind of cyborg flower: living roses with tiny electronic circuits threaded through their vascular systems.
The miniscule electronic polymers are inserted into the plant, then almost magically self-assemble thanks to the rose's internal structure.
"In a sense, the plant is helping to organize the electronic devices," said study co-author Magnus Berggren, an organic electronics researcher at Linköping University in Sweden. [Biomimicry: 7 Clever Technologies Inspired by Nature]
