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Hello, nice to meet you.
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The Netherlands produce about 50% of all flowers in the world.
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The most famous one of all?
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The tulip of course.
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Flowers are really remarkable organisms.
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We've known for decades that they can actually communicate to each other through their root system.
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For the past 2 years, Wageningen University has been working very closely with Google to use cutting-edge technology to look deeper into communication with plants.
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Hello.
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We collected an incredible amount of information.
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Using automated machine learning we turned this information into a new rudimentary language which is becoming more and more sophisticated over time.
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The more we listen to nature, the more we discover the amazing things it has to say.
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OK Google. Talk to my tulip.
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What do you want?
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Water, please.
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We've applied all this research into our latest product: Google Tulip.
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Two granddaughters. Francis, who just had a second baby...
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-That is so interesting. -And...
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Finished. Nothing left.
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More. You promised more water.
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At Keukenhof we are very excited about tulip technology.
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We like to know what tulips need.
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And what better way than to ask them?
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-I need water. -More light. -Please improve humidity.
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-What is a sun? -Please come here. -More space. -No more compost.
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-Thank you. -Who are you? -Why are there so many like me? -More light.
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Of course this is only the beginning.
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We're rolling out the tulip language in the beginning of April but we're already well under way with several updates.
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Hello?
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No.
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Cactus?
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Leave me alone.
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It's so great not to have a one-way relationship with the tulips anymore.
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What is the meaning of my existence?
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Ssssh.
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Tulip is a breakthrough in human-plant communication.
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Letting users around the world communicate with any tulip.
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OK Google. Play my favorite music.
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Uh, yeah.
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That's right.
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Uh. Yeah.
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Drop that beat.