"It's appealing because it brings two things together which you wouldn't normally associate, " Haseloff said.
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Jim Haseloff, a plant biologist from the UK's University of Cambridge says the bio-light is a very provocative idea.
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It part of a wider swing to sustainable technologies, Haseloff says, but he doesn't see bioluminescent lights competing with LED and other low-energy lights in the future.