Plants perceive us — and respond.
Biosensors capture the electrical signals of a Tradescantia plant, making visible its responses to touch, light, sound, and human emotions. Discover how artificial intelligence reveals the hidden language of plants.
Plants are far more aware of their environment than most people realize. Every leaf, stem, and root generates electrical signals that flow through the plant's vascular system, responding to the world around them in ways that mirror the nervous systems of animals.
Using sensitive bioelectric sensors originally designed for medical ECG monitoring, we can detect these micro-voltage fluctuations in real-time. When you touch a leaf, the plant's electrical signature changes. When light conditions shift, the signals adapt. Even sound vibrations and the presence of humans nearby create measurable responses.
"Plants sense more than we imagine. Biosensors capture the electrical signals of a Tradescantia, making visible its responses to touch, light, sound, and human emotions."
Plantangle uses machine learning models trained on thousands of hours of plant bioelectric data to recognize patterns and translate these signals into something we can understand. The app correlates your own biometric data — movement, ambient light, sound levels — with the plant's responses, revealing unexpected synchronicities between human and plant activity.
Experience the plant's responses through different sensory channels
Gently touch a leaf of the Tradescantia. The plant reacts to your presence — watch how its electrical signal changes on the screen in real-time.
Toggle the lamp on or off. The plant detects the change in light and shows its response immediately. Observe how quickly it adapts to new conditions.
Strike the singing bowl. The vibrations travel through the air and reach the plant — see how it responds to the resonant tones and frequencies.
Stand in front of the camera. The AI recognizes your emotional state and shows how the plant responds to your mood and presence.
Your pocket portal to plant consciousness
Measure your bioelectric correlation with plants using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) analysis. Your phone's sensors capture your movement, ambient light, and sound, while the app compares your patterns with the plant's electrical signals.
Watch plant voltage signals streamed live from ESP32-based sensors. The real-time chart displays millivolt fluctuations, letting you observe the plant's electrical activity as events happen.
Designed for the Living Synthesis exhibition, this mode connects to all three detection systems simultaneously — touch, sound, and light. See the plant's responses to different stimuli from the palm of your hand.
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Plantangle is the companion app for Living Synthesis, an interactive exhibition exploring the boundary between living and artificial systems. Experience plant bioelectric installations that respond to human emotions, touch, sound, and light in real-time.
The exhibition brings together art, science, and technology to create a unique encounter with plant consciousness. Developed in collaboration with researchers from MIT and the University of Cologne, Living Synthesis invites visitors to question what it means to be alive and aware.
Visit Phaenomena →Custom-built bioelectric sensors using ESP32-C3 microcontrollers with AD8232 amplifiers capture plant signals at 100Hz, streaming data over WebSocket to the app and exhibition displays.
Random Forest classifiers and XGBoost models trained on thousands of labeled samples achieve 95% accuracy for sound detection, 85% for light, and 73% for emotion recognition.
Built with Flutter for iOS and Android, the app processes phone sensor data locally and correlates it with plant signals using DTW algorithms — all computation happens on-device.
Download the app for iOS or Android and start exploring plant consciousness today.
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