| 30 August 2010

Photo via Designboom Japanese artist Akira Nakayasu's specialty is robotic plants. He creates things like sunflowers that react to human movement, making the flower seem to communicate with the people around it. His latest work is called "Plant," an interactive piece that was inspired by grass blowing in the wind. With 169 artificial leaves that react independently to the presence of a human's body, such as a hand waving over it, the unarguably interesting and relatively cool piece begs the question, "What's the point?"... Read the full story on TreeHugger