02-04-2021, 04:21 AM
This is very interesting if I'm understanding it correctly. 
Hm. I wonder if you could get a tree that also acts as a cell tower or something...
Taking this further (and this being OA, a lot further), it almost sounds like an ancient precursor to Nanotrees.
Going further still - if you set up an entire ecosystem like this you might end up with a biological angelnet or - jumping to the Avatar universe - Eywa?
On a somewhat different note - and looking at the very end of the article - if I'm reading this right it sounds like they are working toward biological alternatives to lithium-ion batteries and platinum in various applications.
Could this mean that biological or carbon nanotube alternatives to the various rare-earths/metals used in modern computer tech might be possible?
Or am I missing something here (entirely possible)?
Todd
Hm. I wonder if you could get a tree that also acts as a cell tower or something...
Taking this further (and this being OA, a lot further), it almost sounds like an ancient precursor to Nanotrees.
Going further still - if you set up an entire ecosystem like this you might end up with a biological angelnet or - jumping to the Avatar universe - Eywa?
On a somewhat different note - and looking at the very end of the article - if I'm reading this right it sounds like they are working toward biological alternatives to lithium-ion batteries and platinum in various applications.
Could this mean that biological or carbon nanotube alternatives to the various rare-earths/metals used in modern computer tech might be possible?
Or am I missing something here (entirely possible)?
Todd