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Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting

Posted by samzenpus on from the glowing-sidewalks dept.

kkleiner writes "A team has launched a crowdsourcing campaign to develop sustainable natural lighting by using a genetically modified version of the flowering plant Arabidopsis. Using the luciferase gene, the enzyme responsible for making fireflies glow, the researchers will design, print, and transform the genes into the target plant. The project, which was recently launched on Kickstarter, has already raised over $100k with over a month left to go."

2 of 328 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Mosquitos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    meh. How about nignogs and beaners? They spread more rapidly than mosquitos and aren't useful for anything else.

  2. Re:Going to Hell in a (brightly lit) Handbasket by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What's wrong with rape?