In the quest for an oil less world there are certainly many interesting technologies being explored, such as the Bio-feedback Algae Controller invented by Origin Oil in July 2009.
The Bio-feedback Algae Controller is a major break through in the “quest to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum”, but also has some other rather interesting applications.
Because the Bio-feedback Algae Controller is actually based on a “dynamic lighting process” which utilises tuned LED lights which vary in color and intensity to support algae growth at different stages of development (light along with nutrients are required to grow the algae), Emergent Architecture (based in Los Angeles) has utilised the technology to create the Flower Street Bioreactor.
The Flower Street Bio-Reactor “is an aquarium-like bioreactor inserted into the facade of the building, which contains green algae colonies that produce oil through photosynthesis. The aquarium is made of thick transparent acrylic, molded to create the intricate relief on the front. This relief tracks along with and supports an internal lighting armature which is based on the Bio-feedback Algae Controller.
Our primary goal was to create a sense of delight and exotic beauty around new technologies by decontextualizing them and amplifying their potential atmospheric and spatial effects.”
Via Futures Blog.
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this is great! I think sooner or later green technologies as algae photobioreactors have the potential to be integrated into our daily life (for they do also emit oxygen, what might be nice in urban environment)!