# Communicating Plant Life The Talking Treee by EOS Magazine Provides some Insight By Vittoria Natarelli | Published 2010-09-18 | Updated 2010-09-21 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/talking-treee-by-eos-magazine References: [adsoftheworld](http://adsoftheworld.com/media/online/eos_magazine_talking_tree) & [talkingtree](http://talkingtree.com/blog/) The Talking Treee by EOS Magazine is a unique project that gives [a hundred-year-old tree](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/funeral-for-a-tree) living in Brussels the ability to communicate emotions via social media. The tree was hooked up to a fine dust meter, ozone meter, light meter, weather station, webcam and microphone. The equipment measures the tree's living circumstances, and that information is then translated into human language. You can see what the Talking Treee by EOS Magazine has to say by checking out its [YouTube](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/virtual-national-park), Flickr, Soundcloud and Facebook accounts which provide an interesting perspective. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.0/10 - Popularity: 10% | Activity: 41% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Smart Agriculture:** Develop technology that can evaluate plants' living circumstances and communicate data in human language to optimize crop growth. - **Internet of Things (iot) in Environment:** Implement IoT devices in plants and forests to gather important environmental data and share it with the public for conservation efforts. - **Biophilic Design:** Integrate technology and nature in architecture to create living environments that interact with their surroundings and communicate insights. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Agriculture:** Develop technology that can optimize crop growth and productivity using advanced data analytics and machine learning models. - **Environmental Conservation:** Deploy IoT technology to monitor and interpret environmental data in real time to better understand and protect our planet's natural resources. - **Architecture:** Incorporate biophilic design elements in new building projects to create sustainable structures that promote better health and well-being for occupants. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Digital Interaction Planters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/planta-planter.md) - [Compact Bio-Synth Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pocket-scion.md) - [Botanical Signal Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plant-pulses.md) - [Tree-Inspired Solar Panel Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solarbotanic-energy-tree.md) - [Nature-Inspired Multifunctional Speakers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moss-echo.md) - [Air-Purifying Tree Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/treeone.md) - [Eco AI Chats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/earthly-insight.md) - [Tree-Integrated Mysterious Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tree-mural.md) - [AI-Driven Plant Sensors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flora-pod.md)