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In the picturesque Rambouillet town, south west of Paris, a series of cylindrical tubes illuminate a path with soft turquoise light. It’s pretty, but maybe won’t strike you as a bold experiment in the future of street lighting. But it is. Because the path is alight thanks not to electricity, but to bacteria.
The phenomenon is known as bioluminescence – light produced and emitted by living organisms.
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| Credit: Glowee |
Founded in 2014, French start-up company Glowee, which is behind the project in Rambouillet, collects a bacteria called Aliivibrio fischeri and stores it in tubes filled with saltwater. Recharging them simply requires occasionally feeding the bacteria a mixture of basic nutrients and oxygen. ‘Instead of replacing the bulbs in street lamps, we created a whole new approach,’ says Sandra Rey, who founded Glowee in 2014. ‘With this new approach, we found the solution we have today.’
Read More: www.bbc.com/future/article/20220407-the-living-lights-that-could-reduce-energy-use
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