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These Tiny Sensors Ride the Wind Like Dandelion Seeds

We visited the University of Washington to see how a group is building and testing dandelion-inspired sensors that float in the wind to disperse and take measurements over a large area. Research on dandelion-inspired sensors: Research on sustainable electronics: Subscribe to CNET: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Follow…

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We visited the University of Washington to see how a group is building and testing dandelion-inspired sensors that float in the wind to disperse and take measurements over a large area.

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  1. Adipose Rex

    May 20, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    Weed better be careful with this technology.

  2. Peter Sokunbi

    May 20, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    Why are they building these? I think I missed that.

    • zunedog31

      May 20, 2022 at 12:18 pm

      Agriculture, forrest fires, climate

  3. Sera Jacob

    May 20, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    AWESOME

  4. نـحّـول

    May 20, 2022 at 12:19 pm

    Wow, so impressed 👍

  5. James Green

    May 20, 2022 at 12:19 pm

    Good. Litter the natural environment with bits of plastic and metal. Who clears up this mess? Are the harmful if animals eat them? How do you find and pick them all up? How do you make electricity flow in paper? Why are you doing this? Are you getting paid for this?

    • James Green

      May 20, 2022 at 12:28 pm

      @zunedog31 how do they collect data on forest fires without being burnt? Sorry this is plain stupid idea to me.

    • zunedog31

      May 20, 2022 at 12:30 pm

      @James Green Flame resistant material.

    • John Marston

      May 20, 2022 at 12:32 pm

      Did you even watch the video? Or did you come straight to the comments with criticism?

    • James Green

      May 20, 2022 at 12:36 pm

      @zunedog31 😉 that’s quite funny!

    • Demus

      May 20, 2022 at 2:32 pm

      These need to be biodegradable, yes

  6. Molly Blue

    May 20, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    waw thats sooo coool 😻😻😻

  7. JogBird

    May 20, 2022 at 12:27 pm

    More ewaste and microplastics

  8. AUserCAAP

    May 20, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    What a waste

  9. ll l

    May 20, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    make them like kristals or with 20 sites not just as cube shaped

  10. cmscms123456

    May 20, 2022 at 2:05 pm

    I PROMISE you the US military is WAAAYYYYYYY beyond this… A fully functional drone smaller than a gnat

    • TheBikemaster94

      May 20, 2022 at 3:56 pm

      Cyber bugs have been around at least a decade

  11. Rays Travel

    May 20, 2022 at 2:24 pm

    Great, more man made trash. Nice work genius 🤦🤦🤦

  12. Wallace Rigby

    May 20, 2022 at 3:02 pm

    I’ve seen Twister. This is like Twister.

  13. Jesse Orrall

    May 20, 2022 at 3:38 pm

    Thanks for watching everyone! You can find links to the studies mentioned in this video in the description. And please let me know down below if there’s any specific future-tech you’d like to see us cover next 🙂

  14. I'm Out

    May 20, 2022 at 4:45 pm

    microscopic machinery and nanorobotics

  15. Rituraj rath

    May 20, 2022 at 8:40 pm

    whats the meaning of this stupid video??
    actually i dont understand why they make this nanobot & for what purpose

  16. davidpar2

    May 21, 2022 at 1:32 am

    Big Brother is coming.

  17. yasser aboamoud

    May 21, 2022 at 10:45 am

    Because planet needs more garbage

  18. DoubleCTech

    May 21, 2022 at 2:43 pm

    Even if they make these biodegradable I don’t see a good purpose for them.

  19. Mark Levan

    May 22, 2022 at 2:03 am

    I see a drone dropping these near me, bye,bye drone

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