This is the first step in sustainable natural lighting.
A team of scientists have genetically engineered glow-plants with bioluminescent bacteria. When the sunsets, the plants turn a radioactive green, lighting up the surrounding area.
Currently the group is on Kickstarter asking for donations. If they reach their latest goal of $400,000 they are promising glowing roses to donators.
Via Popular Science.
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I like how the project is supposedly made practical by “the falling cost of DNA.”