Philips demos bio-light concept

[Derrick]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/quick-news/38977-philips-shows-off-bio-light-concept.html

Philips has revealed a concept that uses bacteria to power ambient lighting...

 

[Penquin]

Looks like a nice piece of art. The issues will arise when needing to feed the light. Will you need to capture and store your solid bathroom waste?

 

[falcon786]

Finally i always knew i sh*t someting better than american ice cream

Cool invention but im sure you'll be able to buy the methane or solid waste pre processed in packs or something lol....i dont think people would fancy relieving themselves in their side lamps base.:wtf:

 

[porchrat]

Maybe you could feed them with pipes from a septic tank or take all your food waste and throw it in a special tank.

What I want to know is what about the bacterial waste? With liquid growth media you can swap it out and wash the culture to clean the waste out (even then it still stinks to Valhalla and eventually you need to transfer and start an entire new culture) but how on Earth do you clean these things?

 

[Mineer]

Maybe you could feed them with pipes from a septic tank or take all your food waste and throw it in a special tank.

What I want to know is what about the bacterial waste? With liquid growth media you can swap it out and wash the culture to clean the waste out (even then it still stinks to Valhalla and eventually you need to transfer and start an entire new culture) but how on Earth do you clean these things?

DOOM ....it kills bugs dead

 

[ToxicBunny]

I'm actually very intrigued by this idea...

Granted for a very pedestrian type of application but to provide lighting in a garden, this would be quite ideal actually.

 

[falcon786]

I'm actually very intrigued by this idea...

Granted for a very pedestrian type of application but to provide lighting in a garden, this would be quite ideal actually.

Plug it into the compost heap.....hmmm? could actually work come to think of it!