Tagged: lux

Lighting up Wellington’s waterfront - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Aug 31, 2014 •

• bacteria,
• bioluminescence,
• Brittany Byrne,
• lux,
• Nimbus,
• Una Ren,
• Vibrio Nimbus,
• Wellington lux festival

For the last week, Wellington has been positively glowing thanks to the lux festival. This year I collaborated with artist Brittany Byrne to bring a touch of bioluminescence to the proceedings – rather appropriate given the genes that encode bacterial bioluminescence are known as the lux operon. Previously Brittany created Nimbus – a work involving hundreds, if … Read More

Monday Micro: living night lights - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Apr 29, 2013 •

• Alexander Krichevsky,
• Antony Evans,
• BioCurious,
• BioGlow,
• biohackers,
• bioluminescence,
• Firefly,
• Glowing plants,
• Kickstarter,
• Kyle Taylor,
• lux,
• Omri Amirav-Drory,
• Photobacterium,
• PLOS One,
• tobacco

One of the latest Kickstarter projects to create a buzz is promising its backers a living nightlight that shines without electricity. Enter the Glowing Plant project, developed by a group of biohackers from BioCurious* in California. Launched just a few days ago, Antony Evans, Omri Amirav-Drory and Kyle Taylor have already exceeded their $65,000 … Read More