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DARPA is engineering plants to act as biohazard sensors
Researchers at DARPA, the DoD's arm that focuses on developing new technology for military application, have long been trying to figure out the best way to transmit timely information, focusing on electronic and mechanical sensors to do the job. After all, it's crucial to any military action. But it turns out that the Defense Department might have been barking up the wrong tree. DARPA's new Advanced Plant Technologies (APT) program is aimed at growing plants that can function as spies.
