Cyborg Spore Detects Humidity Changes

Mar-27-15 Cyborg creation has gone to a new level with the development of a robotic germ that can detect humidity ten times faster than man-made polymers.

A team from the University of Illinois at Chicago created the unfortunately named Nano-Electro-Robotic Device (NERD) by putting graphene dots on a spore from a bacteria. Two electrodes were then attached to either side of spore. When the spore shrinks in response to changes in humidity, the graphene dots move closer together, increasing the spore's conductivity—which is detected by the electrodes. And unlike current such devices, the NERD is particularly effective in low-humidity situations.

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