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Here’s A Light Fixture That Runs On Bacteria
As we phase out incandescent lights for compact fluorescents, we save energy but take the risk of mercury pollution (there’s heavy metals galore in CFLs). Whatf if we could light our homes with biology?
Similar to the Glowing Plant project from earlier this week, here’s Philips concept for a microbial lamp powered by the chemistry of biological luminescence. It’s part of Philips’ “Microbial Home” future concept, which also includes urban beehives and bacterial waste recycling.
You can get off the grid, and onto the petri dish.
(via Co.Design)
Palma Violets, a super-hyped young quartet out of South London, repped their native land’s proud tradition last night at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg. Read our review of the raucous show.
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