Glow-in-the-dark trees could be the future of street lighting

Each week, we spotlight a cool innovation recommended by some of the industry's top tech writers. This week's pick is bioluminescent trees. "Imagine a city lit by glowing trees instead of streetlights," said Adele Peters at Fast Company​. Beachgoers in San Diego were recently treated to the rare natural phenomenon of a bioluminescent algae bloom, making the ocean glow "an electric shade of blue" at night.

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