January 4, 2018 7:30 am Update
Good morning. With 75 days until spring, it’s 18° now with 2-4″ blowing snow expected today and extreme cold tomorrow. Enjoy!
Engineers make wearable sensors for plants, enabling measurements of water use in crops
"The tool making these water measurements possible is a tiny graphene sensor that can be taped to plants – researchers have dubbed it a “plant tattoo sensor.” Graphene is a wonder material. It’s a carbon honeycomb just an atom thick, it’s great at conducting electricity and heat, and it’s strong and stable. The graphene-on-tape technology in this study has also been used to produce wearable strain and pressure sensors, including sensors built into a “smart glove” that measures hand movements."
