Man-made leaf that could enable humans to colonise space

[@MrLandrySHS]

Can we truly say this is photosynthesizing if it isn't producing glucose? It appears to be doing the light dependent reactions (assuming that water is being used) and nothing else. It's still a pretty sweet breakthrough though.

[@TravelingYordle]

It's been 6 years are there any applications of this project so far?

[@jonathanfarquhar]

This is awesome! Now if it could filter out pollution too.

[@nemesiozoleta2907]

The comment i was looking for. 👍

[@ThaHammieJaassee]

It's funny cause he kinda reminds me of the little guy from the lorax cx imagine people start charging you for air lol

[@chineduokoronkwo3173]

Cue Thneedville

[@elmerxii197]

I would like to ask, how much water does it need to convert into oxygen? also how much oxygen? As far as I know, water can be converted directly to oxygen through electrolysis. How would silk leaf compare with electrolysis?

[@joseocho524]

Yo this thing is 6 years old n I've barely seen it today wtf

[@dezeen]

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[@tropicalhorizongaming5459]

I believe a few plants can grow in zero g, however this would be extremely beneficial for any type of space mission..

[@RayneHellfire]

Wow! Imagine colonizing and terraforming planets with this!

[@allinonestories9012]

My question is could it work for under water breathing

[@GiovanniMorenoMusic]

I wonder what the reasoning behind this question was 😂

[@frostgarcia5257]

Astonishing

[@kushuaishuai318]

Any peer reviewed papers of this so far? A project created by a art student who happened to take a course in engineering. I am not saying its totally fake but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

[@abhaysahu3520]

The day is not too far, when marvel movies will turn into reality... I mean people living in diffrent planets... all we need is time.

[@NeverFamous.T-T]

what I heard him say was sacrificing real leaves to make artificial leaves. with a more complicated process than planting a tree. congratulations this thing will add waste like garbage every time it is not used anymore.

[@DopeThug]

There's no update for this projects :(

[@sandrawong6787]

Wait how does it synthesise starch and sequester carbon then?

[@siddhantbhatt8881]

Greatness

[@VEGvines]

how is it possible without stomata you can not produce oxygen. chlorophyll is a pigment i agreed it plays important role in exchanges of gases but not without chloroplast

[@chiarac2747]

Where is he from? He doesn't sound American, rather Italian or Spanish!

[@diprajbeldar3577]

he is a global citizen he is working for our world he is not from any nation

[@diprajbeldar3577]

I am from India🇮🇳

[@chiarac2747]

@@diprajbeldar3577 I was just curious...

[@raiketv9873]

His name is Julian so he might be Italian.

[@studyera3974]

From uk

[@Whoa532]

Where do I invest??

[@marx875]

Y didn't Send some leafs to Mars along with rover to convert co2 into oxygen there?

[@harutikv]

i approve

[@PabloEscobar-hf3fn]

If It improves human life definitely out of the question .they will end that soon.who? 1 %