It's not your average night-light.
(Credit: BioCurious)
Humans have a lot in common with magpies. We gravitate toward shiny things.
It’s easy, then, to see why the Glowing Plants project on Kickstarter has more than doubled its goal and still has 38 days to go. It’s a fascinating mix of botany, science, and unexpected glowing things.
An $80 pledge gets you a vase and seeds. (Click to enlarge.)
(Credit: Glowing Plants)
Some people can boast a green thumb, but very few people can boast a glowing green thumb. For a pledge of $40, Glowing Plants will send you 50 to 100 seeds to let you raise your own glowing plant at home. The project’s creators say that this is a one-off opportunity and the seeds will not be available commercially later on.
If you’re not the gardening type, then a $150 pledge gets you a young glowing plant that already has had a good start to life. It’s up to you to take care of it, feed it, and keep your cats from eating it.
Creating a glowing plant is not a simple process. First, the Glowing Plants team had to design DNA sequences using th… [Read more]
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