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We know how the Venus fly trap turns touch into traps (newatlas.com)
2 points by burnt-resistor 21 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> the hairs have to be touched twice in quick succession – in less than about 20 seconds. In addition, the touch has to be a sufficiently strong one. If it's too weak, then the trap won't respond.

When a plant evolves button debouncing and signal filtering without polling loops or RC filters.




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