Where Plants Become Sensors & Data Becomes Action
BioBuoy deploys balloon-antenna stations carrying living miniplant sensors that float above urban forests and tree canopies to monitor air quality through plant bio-response. Each station uses the plants themselves as living sensors—their stress responses measured through antenna-based leaf impedance sensors provide more nuanced pollution readings than mechanical sensors alone.
Start Your NetworkYou're walking through a city park and notice dozens of small, colorful balloons gently bobbing 20-30 feet above the trees. Through an AR app, you see each balloon casting a 'health aura' onto the trees below, with colors shifting from vibrant green to warning orange as you approach a traffic-heavy intersection. The app shows you're walking through a pocket of unexpectedly high NO₂ levels that's completely invisible to standard city monitors—all because the moss and fern leaves suspended in those balloons are subtly reacting to the air you're breathing.
3-month trial
50-balloon network
Annual license