French town Rambouillet illuminates live lighting
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A French startup, Glowee has transformed the small French town of Rambouillet into a beautiful lighting experiment.
In the same town, a number of bioluminescent tubes emit an ethereal glow that is illuminating the COVID-19 vaccination centre.
What is bioluminescence?
Bioluminescence is the process of production and emission of light by chemical reactions inside a living creature.
These bioluminescent lights are powered by living organisms through bioluminescence. The turquoise colour is spreading through other towns across France as well. This process is using a range of biological processes to take nature’s light sources.
Glowee’s contribution in illuminating Rambouillet
The company, Glowee employs the marine bacteria Aliivibrio fischeri to light up not only rooms but cities in future as well.
The goal of the company Glowee is to create an ambience that respects the environment and biodiversity. This is the real alternative to lights that are used by cities.
The process of bioluminescence
Glowee follows the bioluminescence process. The company keeps the bacteria inside the tubes that are filled with saltwater. It allows the circulating of the bacteria in an aquarium. In the water, basic nutrients are given in the water to pump oxygen in the water.
The light is produced by internal biochemical processes that are part of the organism’s normal metabolism. To switch off the light, the air supply is cut and it puts bacteria in the pause mode and they can’t create the lights.
The process of bioluminescence is dependent on living organisms. The company Glowee is trying to make the process efficient and to light the way for more towns and cities.
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