Pollution can be beautiful
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June 19, 2009, 7:55 pm
Filed under: Drawings
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Pollution is everywhere so here is my idea for making the most of it.
(For those who didn’t do chemistry, Litmus paper changes colour depending on the acidity of a liquid) © 2009
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What a nifty idea
Comment by Ella June 20, 2009 @ 12:05 amLoving your genius ideas, at my workyplace we’re doing a competition you may be interested in: http://firebox.com/features/inventor
If you decide to enter or not best of luck with your ideas!
Comment by Rik June 26, 2009 @ 3:45 pmThis might also work as a genetically modified plant, that acted as a living sensor, switching on similar genes to those that cause color changes during leaf-fall.
Comment by gilleain torrance June 26, 2009 @ 3:46 pmJust learned about your blog from The Presurfer. I love it and will be a frequent visitor. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Comment by Pam Walter June 27, 2009 @ 2:03 pmnice ideas in here. greetings
Comment by gogelmogel June 29, 2009 @ 1:23 pmFunnily enough, nature has a clear case of prior art here…
The leaves of the tobacco plant are generally green, but some varieties develop dark spots in areas of pollution. I remember growing them as a kid as part of a nation-wide acid rain survey
Comment by Ian Ferguson July 14, 2009 @ 3:11 pmSpiderwort is known to detect radiation and indicates it by the changing of the flower color.
Comment by christine September 7, 2009 @ 9:03 pmhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/heyitsdebv/3837494702/
Thanks, Sunflowers were also used to extract radiation from the soil around chernobyl
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