Final Idea - Symbiotic Circuits Supervisors: Cale & Shanice
This final project is based on my idea #3 “Augmented Biobatteries” but updated after having taken into consideration the feedback from my mentors. This project will work with Shewanella bacteria to create living biosensors that could monitor soil health in potted house plants. Shewanella are already studied for their ability to test for heavy metals in soil, but with gene editing they can also be used to track and alert for a variety of common soil issues. The ability of Shewanella to be able to create electrical current makes them an extremely useful bacteria when it comes to continuous monitoring. These electrical signals can be collected by a microcontroller and then used to make a variety of outputs - from simple graphs to LED or audio outputs.