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Stefano Mirtis

Blueberries
Bioluminescent
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The story of life is quicker then the blink of an
eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

~ Jimi Hendrix
Stefanos Blueberries Bioluminescent Billboards 063/388
2011
Jeff Hasty (UC San Diego),
Living Neon Sign
-made of bioluminescent bacteria-
The smaller chips contain about 500 blinking
bacterial colonies or biopixels.
-thousands of fluorescent E. coli bacteria make up
a biopixel-
Stefanos Blueberries Bioluminescent Billboards 063/388
2011
Jeff Hasty (UC San Diego),
Living Neon Sign
-tiny microfluidic chips allow the researchers to
synchronize the bacteria to fluoresce or blink in
unison-
More at: http://bldgblog.blogspot.
com/2011/12/bioluminescent-billboards.html
Also at: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.
edu/pressreleases/researchers_create_living_neon
_signs_composed_of_millions_of_glowing_bacter/
Thanx to Petra Tikulin for the link.
Stefanos Blueberries Bioluminescent Billboards 063/388
2009
Liam Young, Bioluminescent
Billboards

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