Posthuman Blues

Cyborg cells sense humidity

"As far as we know, this is the first report of using microorganisms to make an electronic device," says Ravi Saraf, a chemist from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, who developed the 'cellborg' with his student Vikas Berry.

(Via KurzweilAI.net.)

I suppose the fact that I find this extremely cool makes me a confirmed geek.