A tree that generates wind power

ll phone towers masquerading as trees are a pretty common sight. Iowa State University scientists have now similarly disguised wind turbines. They have made a device that mimics the branches and leaves of a cottonwood tree and generates electricity when its plastic leaves flutter in the wind. Larger, much-improved versions of the electricity-generating plant carrying thousands of leaves—could generate enough electricity for small appliances.  http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/02/a-tree-that-generates-wind-power/
Article courtesy of Anthropocene Magazine by Prachi Patel