{"id":134347,"date":"2022-01-19T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/engineering-plants-to-talk-via-bioluminescence"},"modified":"2022-01-19T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:23:13","slug":"engineering-plants-to-talk-via-bioluminescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/engineering-plants-to-talk-via-bioluminescence","title":{"rendered":"Engineering plants to talk via bioluminescence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIZekM7ZJQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What if plants could tell us when pests are attacking them, or they\u2019re too dry, or they need more fertilizer. One startup is gene engineering farm plants so they can communicate in in fluorescent colors. The result: a farmer\u2019s phone, drone, or even satellite imagery can reveal what is happening in hundreds of acres of fields \u2026<\/p>\n<p>That leads to better food, fewer crop failures, and more revenue for farmers.<\/p>\n<p>In this TechFirst with John Koetsier we meet Shely Aronov, CEO and founder at InnerPlant, and chat about what plants say, and how farmers can understand their messages.<\/p>\n<p>Links:<br \/> Innerplant: <a href=\"https:\/\/innerplant.com\">https:\/\/innerplant.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Support TechFirst with $SMRT coins: <a href=\"https:\/\/rally.io\/creator\/SMRT\/\">https:\/\/rally.io\/creator\/SMRT\/<\/a><br \/> Buy $SMRT to join a community focused on tech for good: the emerging world of smart matter. Access my private Slack, get your name in my book, suggest speakers for TechFirst\u2026 and support my work.<\/p>\n<p>TechFirst transcripts: <a href=\"https:\/\/johnkoetsier.com\/category\/tech-first\/\">https:\/\/johnkoetsier.com\/category\/tech-first\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/engineering-plants-to-talk-via-bioluminescence\">Continue reading \u201cEngineering plants to talk via bioluminescence\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if plants could tell us when pests are attacking them, or they\u2019re too dry, or they need more fertilizer. One startup is gene engineering farm plants so they can communicate in in fluorescent colors. The result: a farmer\u2019s phone, drone, or even satellite imagery can reveal what is happening in hundreds of acres of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,38,1506,1512,2028,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-engineering","category-food","category-mobile-phones","category-satellites","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}