Nifty New Invention: "Kickstarter Crowd Gives Glowing Plant the Green Light"

Glowing tobacco plant

  • A glowing plant that could provide a sustainable light source has caught the imagination of backers on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.
  • With a month still to go, the project has raised $243,000 (£157,000). Its initial goal was $65,000.
  • Backers are promised seeds for glowing plants, although delivery will not be until next May at the earliest.
  • The "biohacking" team behind the project said that in future trees could act as street lights.

Read more about the project here. It sounds early-stage, but worth watching.