The Lamp Powered by Algae & Photosynthesis

[Guest]

The Latro is a clear illustration of how to directly siphon energy off plants.

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[Guest]

oh look, it's a led bong.

 

[ecnovaec]

it might help their sales a bit to change the diagram from male to female... i'm just sayin

 

[TomD_1]

While this is all very good research/tech, I don't really see the whole "solar powered lamp" thing catching on

 

[Pyroflea]

WARNING: Do not drink lamp.

 

[rbarone69]

Great concept... Wonder if we can hook this directly to a coal stack?

Love the illustrations... giving them to my wife.

 

[Fox Montage]

it's ironic that Latro needs sustained access to light to generate its own

Requiring some form of energy source to the system is hardly ironic, unless you meant "this lamp can only be used when it's sunny". I thought the battery would charge during the day, and power the lamp when necessary?

 

[ubergeek]

Remind me again why I need a lamp if there is enough light for photosynthesys...

 

[Zoonie]

Keep up the alternative power articles. I for one enjoy them. Just keep the headlines true to the story though, unlike the iPhone-4-will-make-the-world-use-solarpowered-superrobots headline the other day.

 

[sliem]

Next: dildo powered by photosynthesis outsold apple iPad

 

[ravewulf]

Why use photosynthesis in the first place? Just put a solar panel on it.

 

[victomofreality]

[citation][nom]ubergeek[/nom]Remind me again why I need a lamp if there is enough light for photosynthesys...[/citation]

To confuse people?

See if you can make a lamp out of it now who's to say that photosynthesis powered car won't one day be feasible?

 

[captainnemojr]

I remember when my pet turtle bowl got algae in it...smelled like crap until I cleaned it.

 

[monkeysweat]

No officer i swear that's my lamp, not my water bong

 

[husker]

Isn't there a kind of algae that glows in the dark naturally? Just fill an empty 2 liter soda bottle with that.

 

[Tindytim]

Just in case someone out there doesn't get it yet, it's a proof of concept.

The end product isn't the lamp, it's proving that the algae can power devices. As far as the lamp goes, I have solar lamps in my yard that charge a battery, and when it get's dark, then power on.

 

[wongster]

only homosexual hipsters would buy this to seem avant garde

 

[vabeachboy0]

now lets figure out how to use two year olds endless energy

 

[JonnyDough]

So am I expected to move the lamp indoors every day when I get home from work? Wouldn't a photosynthesis driven power plant make a lot more sense? We already have solar lights for outside. This is better how? Is it brighter?

 

[Xatos]

I swear if I see one more stupid green technology concept on Tom's, sad to say but I'm going to boycott the site. This stuff is getting old and annoying.