Dear ECOLOGers, Humans using technology to conduct photosynthesis is something I've day-dreamed about since high school. Recently, I learned that this is actually something that has been in the works for a while at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis: http://solarfuelshub.org/about/contact.html
I can't tell from the organization's website whether the biofuels they intend to produce include ethanol, but I imagine (please correct me if I'm wrong) that ethanol would be an easy next step, if their initial product is glucose. I'm curious to know what else is out there in terms of using technology to mimic autotrophs. Has anyone ever attempted to develop a bacteriochlorophyll analog of PCR, for example? ~ Aabir
