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In related news, Taxa Biotechnologies (the company from the Glowing Plant kickstarter[1]) is shutting down. It seems they were just a bit too early, I think the
by wcoenen 9y ago
In related news, Taxa Biotechnologies (the company from the Glowing Plant kickstarter[1]) is shutting down. It seems they were just a bit too early, I think the idea still has merit.
[1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-pla...
- dekhn 9y agothey weren't too "early". people cloned luciferase into tobacco 30+ years ago. the problem is that there are limits into how much you can make a healthy plant glow. Also, the guy working on this didn't really know enough bio to optimize the expression levels.