Natural Technology: Trees that illuminate our streets
Originally published at A Singularity. You can comment here or there.
http://inhabitat.com/2010/11/10/gold-nanoparticles-could-transform-trees-into-street-lights/
I think this is a neat idea, although I’d like to know what long term effects it has on the trees. I think the idea is definitely on the right track in terms of how we should strive to develop technology. We spend a lot of time replacing what the world around us has already perfected, if perhaps not in the most rigid sense and making use of those natural solutions could make scientific and technological advancement that much better for both us and the world around us.
There is a TED talk that I may have brought over to this blog but unfortunately I can not remember the speaker or the topic. But I remember her discussing the use of biotechnology and modernizing the materials used in modern construction by making use of living materials. Basically grow walls using hard organic materials rather than dead organic or constructed materials, so that they’ll last longer with minimal maintence.
Neat idea? I’m not sure I explained it very well.
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