Touch-Me-Not Protocal

A Human-Plant Interaction Installation

DESIGN DESCRIPTION

An ethical installation awaiting the permission of a sensitive plant to proceed with interaction, exploring {fragile} intelligence, questioning human hegemony in the botanical time zone, and seeking a balance for the coexistence of humans, technology, and nature.

This device is built with an ESP32-S3 and programmed via Arduino. It monitors plant conditions through light sensors, computer vision, temperature and humidity sensors, and a three-axis motion sensor. When the plant is detected to be in a poor state, the device will reject the user's touch. Any touch that goes against the plant's "will" is recorded as a violation. Once violations reach a certain threshold, the device initiates a silent punishment: it isolates the plant from the user and ceases all interactive feedback. The device will only reopen after the plant's physiological recovery period has passed.

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