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BACTERIA ARE MAJOR SOLAR POWER GENERATORS. "Cyanobacteria (account) for 20–30% of Earth's photosynthetic productivity and convert solar energy into biomass-stored chemical energy at the rate of ~450 TW. 25 Gigatons of carbon are sequestered annually from cyanobacteria alone; more than the 8.67 gigatons of carbon released from fossil fuels worldwide in 2008... The total photosynthetic productivity of earth is between ~1500–2250 TW, or 47,300–71,000 exajoules per year."" " http://lnkd.in/dVYtXBh View in LinkedIn

LIVING BREATHING DATABASES. "Welcome to the crowd in the cloud. It's like tapping into the collective consciousness of Star Trek's Borg cybernetic aliens." NASA successfully used this crowdsourcing method to successfully design a component. There are now a number of platforms available to solve problems this way. An emerging meta intelligence. " " http://lnkd.in/duhTj-i View in LinkedIn

ABUNDANT BLUEPRINT. "Chlorophyll is a nearly infinite raw material. It is the world’s most abundant pigment measured by biomass. Also, there is no need for excessive amounts of material: as only a few micrograms of chlorophyll is needed to produce a thin film with the surface area of a postage stamp." For 'abundancy' read 'evolutionary success' after a 3.5 billion year selection process. " " http://lnkd.in/dNdRM8a View in LinkedIn

GIANT CHINESE CLONING FACTORY. "The scale of ambition is staggering. BGI is not only the world's largest centre for cloning pigs - it's also the world's largest centre for gene sequencing... a comparison for scale: a UK project seeks to sequence 10,000 human genomes. BGI has ambitions to sequence the genomes of a million people, a million animals and a million plants. "A third category is if it looks cute: panda, polar bear, penguin, you should really sequence it - it's like digitalizing all the wonderful species."" " http://lnkd.in/dS9xzhP View in LinkedIn

EFFICIENCY OF PLANT LEAF ENERGY CAPTURE is only about 5% to 10%, but is about 95% for the actual photon energy conversion by the biochemistry of Photosystem II. " " http://lnkd.in/dVYtXBh http://lnkd.in/dUKTAeG View in LinkedIn

DOUBLE HIT: SUN POWER AND CO2 REDUCTION. "Photosynthesis provides the basis for life on earth by converting the energy contained in the photons of sunlight into chemical energy that is stored as reduced carbon. In addition, this process removes carbon dioxide and releases oxygen to the atmosphere." This single remarkable process, if humans can replicate or harness it, would solve two of our most pressing needs today: energy and climate change. " " http://lnkd.in/dMhFDep View in LinkedIn

SUSTAINOCENE. "The concept of a ‘Sustainocene’ was developed by the Canberra-based Australian physician Bryan Furnass in March 2012 ...to achieve the social virtues of ecological sustainability and environmental integrity." Central to this thinking is the harnessing of photosynthesis for human clean energy uses. " " http://lnkd.in/dbe42XY View in LinkedIn

FINALLY $1,000 SEQUENCES. "The ability to sequence a human genome for just $1,000 has arrived, a US genetic technology company has announced. San Diego-based Illumina says it is to release a new sequencing machine that can deliver five whole genomes in a day. The race to unlock a human's genetic blueprint for $1,000 has been underway for more than a decade. The Archon X-prize had offered $10m for a team that reached or came closest, until it was cancelled in August 2013."" " http://lnkd.in/dnJnGt5 View in LinkedIn

INNOVATION IN BIOTECH IN THE UK. "From bacterial robots to synthetic blood cells: The biotech boom at British universities. Imagine bacteria that eats pollution in water or can recycle gold from electronics - the scope of synthetic biology is practically limitless."" " http://lnkd.in/d6CNtFz View in LinkedIn

CHINA'S GIANT WIND POWER INITIATIVE. "China has embarked on the greatest push for renewable energy the world has ever seen. A key element involves more than doubling the number of wind turbines in the next six years. Already the world's largest producer of wind power, China plans further massive increases. From a current installed capacity of 75 gigawatts (GW), the aim is to achieve a staggering 200GW by 2020." The European Union today has ~90GW of installed wind capacity." " http://lnkd.in/db2UmrE View in LinkedIn