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A bioluminiscent sponge helps researchers to make glass without a furnace, to develop better buildings and building materials and to develop new improved optical fibers:
Adaptive Material Technologies : Wyss Institute at Harvard Venus' Flower Basket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Yes, and then they transmit the light through their whole structure, illuminating it. These sponges transmit light better than man made optical fibres.
Last edited by redpaintednavi; 03-21-2012 at 02:34 PM. |
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More about sponges and light:
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Hmm, if they have a glass-like structure then this really is similar to fibre
![]() It's amazing how many designs are inspired by biology - after all, biological structures are optimised over millions of years while humans have only been doing it for decades. I hope these can be applied to improve designs for communication ![]()
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