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Monday, March 31, 2014

URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL NUGGET!!

In The Not So Distant Future, Bioluminescent Trees Could Replace Street Lights from the Huffington Post
"Roosegaarde is hoping to employ biomimicry to transform your average street-side trees into beacons of light for passersby. Like the luminescent abilities of jellyfish, mushrooms or fireflies, Roosegaarde, scientist Alexander Krichevsky and the State University of New York are all on the case, splicing DNA from luminescent marine bacteria with the chloroplast of a houseplant."

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