MSU
An invention used by the Michigan 4-H Children's Garden is making learning more exciting with the new Personal Science Assistant, or PSA, a device used to study plants and flowers.
Similar to a handheld device, the PSA reads plant labels through a radio frequency and shows pictures and information about each plant.
When using the device, kids can easily see what a certain plant looks like now, but also what it will look like in the summer, fall and winter.
Also by the click of a button, the PSA can show how each plant will function in nature.
Aparna Ramchandran, the MSU graduate student who invented the machine, said she wanted to create something different for her master's thesis.
"My adviser came up with an idea about the PSA," she said.