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Spinning seeds inspire floating electronics - and monitor the atmosphere

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Spinning seeds falling from trees have inspired tiny electronic devices that float through the air. These 'circuit chips with wings' fall slowly and stably and can carry a whole host of electronic components such as sensors and antennae for wireless communication. They can be manufactured in large numbers and dropping them from a height would allow data collection over a wide area.

Read the original research here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03847-y

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