Delve into the deep mystery that Joe encountered one dark and stormy evening....   Okay, not quite that dramatic, but he did encounter something alive and glowing.  Listen in as he and STEMBoT discuss Bioluminescence, and some intriguing STEM applications for it.  There's also some new bionics research that crawls its way into this episode as well.

Links to explore:

How bioluminescence works.

Whit is Luciferin?

What is biohybrid?

Bright ideas for bioluminescent tech.

Fun bioluminescent reading.

MIT Researcher Dr. Ritu Raman

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Music:

All music from this episode written by Danny Burns, from his commissioned soundtracks for the two plays "MacBeth", and "Art".

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Credits

The STEMPunX Podcast is hosted and produced by Joe Garoutte.

CoProducers: E. Michael Friend and John Hardham

Editing by Joe and Michael.

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