Electric Plant uses AI to read plant electrical signals
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TechCrunch reported on October 21 that Electric Plant built a large language model called Bombadil on data collected over the past three years. It reads the electrical signals of about 125 plant species and tells growers what the plants need. Sensors pick up signals through screws that pierce the plant's cambium, and a low-power wireless network sends the data to a cloud model. The output can guide irrigation or fertilizing schedules. The report covers the model's capability and how signals are collected, transmitted and processed; it gives no funding information.
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- TechCrunch · AIPlants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Electric Plant 用过去三年收集的数据构建大语言模型 Bombadil，可解读约 125 种植物的电信号并向种植者反馈需求。传感器通过穿透形成层的螺钉采集信号，数据经低功耗无线网络传输后由云端模型处理，结果可用于调整灌溉或施肥安排。
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