Discovery Channel is a wonderful thing! It lets us plain, ordinary bumpkin people know what's going on behind those expensively funded, hidden little laboratory doors that have cropped up all around the country. This time, Discovery ferreted out a new toy for plants! Get this: plants in need of water are getting their own fancy gadget to “communicate” with their growers. A newly developed microchip technology now allows plants to send text messages to farmers’ cellphones - asking for water! The thin microchip, which is smaller than a postage stamp, is affixed to the plant’s leaves and it can send messages to cellphones whenever the plant needs more water.
It's a good thing humans still have two feet. We can walk to the office water cooler when we're thirsty...instead of having to text someone to deliver it to us! Here's a sobering question: at what point will our technology begin to cause irrevolkable genetic muscle atrophy in the human body? If we're not careful enough to balance nature with our growing technology, we might end up evolving into a bunch of VEGETABLES after all.
It's a good thing humans still have two feet. We can walk to the office water cooler when we're thirsty...instead of having to text someone to deliver it to us! Here's a sobering question: at what point will our technology begin to cause irrevolkable genetic muscle atrophy in the human body? If we're not careful enough to balance nature with our growing technology, we might end up evolving into a bunch of VEGETABLES after all.
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