Hybridizers: Glowing Plants: Natural Lighting with no Electricity, 1 by Michael_Ronayne
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Michael_Ronayne wrote: One of the more interesting Internet websites is known as Kickstarter (http://www.Kickstarter.com). Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative projects. It is a home for everything from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology. Kickstarter is full of projects, big and small, that are brought to life through the direct financial support of people who are interested in the projects. Since Kickstarter’s launch in 2009, more than 4 million people have pledged over $607 million, funding more than 41,000 creative projects. Thousands of creative projects are raising funds on Kickstarter right now. One of these projects is on the cutting edge of plant biology and promises to deliver plants which will glow in the dark using only biological energy generated by the plat itself. Using a technology known as synthetic biology, Firefly (Photinus pyralis) DNA is being transferred in the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana and a yet to be announced Rose cultivar. Glowing Plants: Natural Lighting with no Electricity http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plan... Glowing Plant http://glowingplant.com/ Here is some information about the Arabidopsis thaliana plant species: Arabidopsis thaliana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabidopsis_thaliana PlantFiles: Mouseear Cress, Arabidopsis thaliana http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/133511/ As the accompanying graphic attests, I am a financial support of the Glowing Plants project and am looking forward to receiving a shipment of glowing plant seeds in June 2014. There are still $40 openings for project backers for the June 2014 seed delivery but the openings are going fast. There is also a DIY (Do It Yourself) genetic engineering kit for $250 but I have been able to resist that temptation as I already have too many projects for the summer. Here are some news reports on the project. A Dream of Trees Aglow at Night http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/business/energy-environmen... Next Step For Glowing Plant Kickstarter Campaign? Glowing Rose http://singularityhub.com/2013/05/06/next-step-for-glowing-p... How to create a glowing plant http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-create-a-glowing-plant Glowing plants could act as biological night lights http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57581908-76/glowing-plants... Welcome to the Planet of Pandora! Mike |