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Fretwired

Now this is clever. MIT creates living plants that glow like a lamp, and could grow glowing trees to replace street lights:

http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2017/12/mit-just-created-living-plants-that.html

Funkfingers

https://i.imgur.com/smm5B8l.jpg?1

ESchap

Fretwired said:

Now this is clever. MIT creates living plants that glow like a lamp, and could grow glowing trees to replace street lights:

http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2017/12/mit-just-created-living-plants-that.html

Illuminating

Fretwired

ESchap said:

Fretwired said:

Now this is clever. MIT creates living plants that glow like a lamp, and could grow glowing trees to replace street lights:

http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2017/12/mit-just-created-living-plants-that.html

Illuminating

At least the light will be generated from a natural green source although cities could look like a colony of Borg from space .. ;-)

Sporky

Fretwired said:

ESchap said:

Fretwired said:

Now this is clever. MIT creates living plants that glow like a lamp, and could grow glowing trees to replace street lights:

http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2017/12/mit-just-created-living-plants-that.html

Illuminating

At least the light will be generated from a natural green source although cities could look like a colony of Borg from space .. ;-)

Given that there are plants where the top and the underside of the leaves are different colours, it might be possible to have the light only go downwards.

ESchap

LED … light emitting Delphinium