Algae lamps may soon light up streets!

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“In 2010, scientists from Yansei and Stanford University” inserted electrodes “into the photosynthesising organs – chloroplasts – of algal cells, thus managing to draw a small electrical current from algae during photosynthesis. As advances in nanotechnology lead to increasingly
energy efficient products, plant life such as algae will become attractive sources for tapping energy.”

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A most recent project by Thomson takes another step toward practical applications of light. The Trap Light uses “photoluminescent pigments to capture escaping light and convert waste energy
back into visible light.” In collaboration with Gionata Gatto, Mike worked with a special glass blowing technique to “embed [these] pigments into the body of the lamp.”