April 13, 2022 – Peter van Barneveld
Sounds like a joke, but thanks to a research team from the Hiroshima University I know this can be a possible future. They found a way to recycle rice husks to create a silicon quantum dot (QD) LED light. Their new method is a low-cost, environmentally friendly way to turn agricultural waste into state-of-the-art light-emitting diodes. And they already suggest this method could be applied to other plants, like sugar cane, bamboo, wheat, barley, or grasses. Really amazing!

What do you think of this future? Would love to read what you think!