murve33 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Was reading some random magazine about lights and LEDs at work a couple months ago, and I saw a short article about Bioluminescence. Apparently they want to take Firefly DNA and make plants glow. Los Links! An article: http://www.nextnature.net/2009/07/bioluminescent-trees-will-replace-streetlights/ A Glowing Xmas Tree: http://www.isbc.unibo.it/Files/IM_013.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 finally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 You wouldn't even need to pay for lights anymore. You'd buy a couple glowing houseplants and you'd be set. I also just remembered that they're developing walls that are made of tiny LEDs, so you wouldn't have light coming from a single source. Obviously not affordable right now, but that would be so amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 That would be so awesome. Glowing trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 humans are so smart lets just bioengineer the fuck out of everything around us and see what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 new Most IDM contest entry or is this more Most Ambient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Yay. I am particularly pleased with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happycase Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 You wouldn't even need to pay for lights anymore. You'd buy a couple glowing houseplants and you'd be set. Why pay for glowing houseplants... when glowing monkeys are so cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 grr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ansgaria Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Imagine the senior citizens driving on the road some day and a bunch of glowing trees are visible on each side of the road. They'll crash and die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Imagine the senior citizens driving on the road some day and a bunch of glowing trees are visible on each side of the road. They'll crash and die. More room for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ansgaria Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Imagine the senior citizens driving on the road some day and a bunch of glowing trees are visible on each side of the road. They'll crash and die. More room for us. And for bioluminescent trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Let's make everything glow and turn the world into Tron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I was just writing a post about making everything bioluminescent....like shoes, bricks, fruit, ants etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I'm right now planning to make myself bioluminescent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Our kids are going to have the coolest bioluminescent LA Gear shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 cool if you're a candy raver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 this is a very interesting idea, but far from being explored. i want to see how we will be able to control the amount of light that the plants are giving at a certain time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 That's the problem, the amount is fuck all. We're better off have stored charge and emitting like through those oled walls etc. Morphing nanomachines rather than soon to be inefficient biological systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 i want to see how we will be able to control the amount of light that the plants are giving at a certain time.. That's what I've been thinking. I think right now the only practical use would be having glowing houseplants in your home (You could put a cover over them if you want them "off"), or having a glowing Christmas tree during the holidays. Street lights is a little far-fetched, but it could possibly happen in the semi-near future. If this technology actually took off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Radioactivity , is in the air for you and me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 i want to see how we will be able to control the amount of light that the plants are giving at a certain time.. That's what I've been thinking. I think right now the only practical use would be having glowing houseplants in your home (You could put a cover over them if you want them "off"), or having a glowing Christmas tree during the holidays. Street lights is a little far-fetched, but it could possibly happen in the semi-near future. If this technology actually took off. so i guess we can say that, at the moment, these plants would serve no more than DECORATION purposes only. street light are in fact very powerful and consume a lot of energy, so i think it's kind of utopic, if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 I meant the houseplants could be used as a light source, and decoration too. Street lights emit a lot of light, I guess I don't know how much light these trees are capable of emitting. If they are capable of producing a lot of light, I suppose using them as streetlights isn't that far-fetched. I'm sure it would decrease light pollution a lot too. Yes, definitely Utopian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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