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I like this vision, it's terrific! If the duration of the effect is only hours and then it runs out like rave glow sticks, is this tech still in a fetal stage?
by jaytaylor 9y ago
I like this vision, it's terrific!
If the duration of the effect is only hours and then it runs out like rave glow sticks, is this tech still in a fetal stage? To fulfill the vision, an even more radical and novel approach is necessary to enable a "lightbulb plant" to be self-sustaining and not burn out for years.
- toufka 9y agoIt is an enzymatic reaction - and comes from fireflies, or similar biological effects. So there's no reason that - at some point - the effect cannot be entirely generated in vivo rather than upon addition of particular ingredients. The hard part is getting enough light. Enough light to read by is a lot of energy for otherwise very efficient biological processes. Once engineered though, as long as the plant is energetically productive (alive and well-fed), the glow should persist. The glow could persist as long as the plant is alive. The paper: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04369 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04369