DARPA Wants To Engineer Plants Into Spy Tech That Can Detect Biohazrds And Electromagnetic Signals

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IBTimes: Green secret agents: Genetically engineered spy plants to help Pentagon detect potential threats

The Pentagon wants to create genetically engineered spy plants with programmable sensors.

The Pentagon is currently mulling over turning innocent plants into the next generation of intelligence gatherers.

According to the US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), the country's researchers have been directed to develop genetically modified plants that will be able to detect and collect relevant data about potential threats.

As part of its Advanced Plant Technologies (APT) programme, the agency plans to pursue technologies to develop special plant-based

sensors that are self-sustaining in their environment, and can be remotely monitored using existing hardware.

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