Measuring with mussels

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What if mussels would give the alarm, once food runs out?

What if water fleas could tell, once it is too warm for them?

What if crabs could tell, once the water quality is decreasing?

All of the above is possible - with the help of a robot as a translator: Ronald Thenius, biologist at the university of Graz, is leading an EU project working on the development of "biohybrid" beings to study environmental impacts. This robot is partly consisting of living animals and plants.

The project „Robocoenosis“ also investigates which simple and sustainable sensors can be used in other areas and which creatures could be used as measuring instruments.

More details can be found in UNIZEIT (full article only available in German).

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