Living Microalgae Lamp

[Belize]

Way to devalue the ambiance of a living infrastructure idea.

I love this idea purely for the reason that its moving towards a mesh of biological and machine.

Now we just need living spaceships and my universe will be complete.

Did someone say living spaceship?

[Gheld]

I'm not sure that it would need protection from atmospheric conditions in most places. Can algae survive freezing/melting?

As for water replenishment, that can be done once a month by a dude with a hose. Manufacturing processes for stuff like this would be far less damaging to the environment than solar cells and batteries.

That said, my concern would be with the lighting quality. Seems to only provide low level green light, which wouldn't do much good in most locations. So I agree that it would end up a cool novelty item for your desk.

Even if it could survive freezing it would be in stasis if it was chilled and thus no photosynthesis and no light.

I mean don't get me wrong. I think it's neat. But people tend to jump the gun and get gigantic enviroboners over stories like this and are sorely let down when the impracticalities get pointed out. I mean, maybe you can power the algae heaters with solar roadways.

[Dhrizzle]

Way to devalue the ambiance of a living infrastructure idea.

I love this idea purely for the reason that its moving towards a mesh of biological and machine.

Now we just need living spaceships and my universe will be complete.

No thanks.

[Speaknoevil]

Escape Velocity reference ftw. I used to wonder if really anyone but me had ever heard of that game.

It's an all time favorite of mine.

I caught the Shadeofblue(Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Hooloovoo reference) and I have it on a floppy somewhere.

[Symphonic]

I think that's a great invention. Algae really is cool, I have been waiting for them to have huge algae farms to bring the price of diesel down even further.

[Afrospinach]

Algae is at it again. Is there much that these organisms can't do for us

http://inhabitat.com/living-microalg...-from-the-air/

Hmmmm I see the date as earlier this year but I have read this exact post from this french guy with CO2 sequestering lamps at least 2 years ago.

Great for mood lighting, probably not so great for streetlights.

Then he'd have to come up with more than one name, though. Wouldn't want to offend all his little friends by not being able to tell them apart.

Just name the collective, it becomes all the more creepy and borg like

[Symphonic]

Did someone say living spaceship?

You know that saying about how if you have an idea you should write it down and complete it before someone else has the same idea? Well, I have had this screenplay idea that involves a human-built spacecraft and biological organisms... combining... hmmm, time to flesh my screenplay out.

[Deleted]

You know that saying about how if you have an idea you should write it down and complete it before someone else has the same idea? Well, I have had this screenplay idea that involves a human-built spacecraft and biological organisms... combining... hmmm, time to flesh my screenplay out.

Hasn't that been done to death?

[Reeve]

Did someone say living spaceship?

I suspect he meant organic.

[Tsimp]

The lamp uses the energy created by the algae’s own photosynthesis process to power the light within, while the algae itself lives on CO2 in the air outside.

Read more: Living Microalgae Lamp Absorbs CO2 From the Air | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Guys, the algae doesn't glow, it just stores the power the algae creates and uses it to power an actual light.

[Reeve]

Guys, the algae doesn't glow, it just stores the power the algae creates and uses it to power an actual light.

So if they made that light external so that you had actual good lighting quality, it might be OK.

[AeneasBK]

Was more interested in the potential to slow down the ecological effects of deforestation than providing lighting. But certainly its a start, if only we could spend more money researching this instead of better missiles :P

[Reeve]

Was more interested in the potential to slow down the ecological effects of deforestation than providing lighting. But certainly its a start, if only we could spend more money researching this instead of better missiles :P

Hey now, DARPA does some pretty cool stuff too:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/...-4-minute-mile

[Raeph]

Algae is at it again. Is there much that these organisms can't do for us

http://inhabitat.com/living-microalg...-from-the-air/

Kinda interesting. I've always like the concept of industrial organic applications (I'd love to have one of those organic space ships from Babylon 5). My only concern, as an allergy sufferer, is that if this set up either is open to air in any way or leads to a moister local living environment, say inside a dwelling, if that would encourage mold growth?

I have terrible mold allergies, and that would be a non-starter for me, as much as I am interested in the technology.

[Bakis]

I want one unless there is any waste as in cleaning the tube or smells

[Symphonic]

Hasn't that been done to death?

Not this way, as I haven't explained how those two things interact, really.

[AeneasBK]

Kinda interesting. I've always like the concept of industrial organic applications (I'd love to have one of those organic space ships from Babylon 5). My only concern, as an allergy sufferer, is that if this set up either is open to air in any way or leads to a moister local living environment, say inside a dwelling, if that would encourage mold growth?

I have terrible mold allergies, and that would be a non-starter for me, as much as I am interested in the technology.

I'm quite the pie-in-the-sky dreamer, but I went to a fashion/design, like, presentation day/thing at one of the London Uni's (Goldsmiths?) and some girl there was designing cases for these algae protein tanks, the idea being that if they looked sleek and attractive, people would be happy ahving one in their flat (plus the food bills would be decreased by eating green sludge instead of other food, or something). That coupled with this guy - http://www.australiangeographic.com....ves-his-dream/ - just got me really interested in the potentials, so I'm all over any new stuff that gets developed

[duke dumont]

wow I love this idea

[Deleted]

What I'm curious about is how does one even end up in a four year old thread. Are you spying on people, reading through their posting history? Are you doing random searches and seeing what pops up? Do you not care that it's a four year old thread and you're necroing it, or are you doing it on purpose?

And once again, just add...

<?php
if($ageofthread>$necrolimit) {
lockthread_and_returntothreadlist();
}
?>

...to the post.php. Donezo.

[Collegeguy]

Can I put one in the backyard. Whats the upkeep?