Engineers at MIT have been working with nanotechnology to create light from different types of plants! Yes, you read it correctly. This new solution is an example of groundbreaking technology that will change the way we inhabit and view the world in the future. It is very exciting to think about what our sustainable world will look like in 30 or 50 years from now.
These bright light emitting plants stay lit for minutes and can be recharged within 10 seconds from an ordinary LED source. This new emerging field of research, called plant nanobionics, has successfully implemented light capacitors within basil, watercress, tobacco and even the very large Thailand elephant ear plant! This can be useful for outdoor light sources as researchers are now… Continue reading