Hornets and Bioluminescence

Enough of you have asked for the monthly emails to convert to a blog, or to at least keep a blog record for easier archiving.  So here is the new and improved Light Emitters and Others.  I'll still send out a monthly email, but just as a reminder to check out all of the latest findings.  However, if you choose to follow the blog (via RSS or Google Friend), you'll get updates more often than once a month.  I'll also be working on how to get the previous months on here in chronological order.

I hope you enjoy, and as always, feedback and chiming in is encouraged.






Main Idea:

http://www.gizmag.com/hornet-harvests-electricity-from-sunlight/17194/
Scientists find a natural photovoltaic cell in hornets which uses the pigment called Xanthopterin.  While its use is remarkably inefficient...




http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20030539-501465.html
Go swimming in an Australian bioluminescent lake.
This also occurs at times out in Sag Harbor, NY!






Sidenote:

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/8x8x8-led-cube-is-candy-for-the-eyes-2011017/
With approximately $70, and enough time on your hands (because we all have loads of that...), build yourself a sweet 8x8x8 LED cube.  Reminiscent of work by Erwin Redl?




http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannepaint/sets/72157625479849168/
Remember when artists started making 'light graffiti'?  Now they're making skeletons and bodies.