Evan and Katelyn
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Our AI has chosen a project!
🕑 Added 2023-03-19 15:39:25 +0000 UTCYou guys might remember a while back we asked y’all to name a little talking robot we were building for a future “AI Chooses our DIY Project” video. First off, we decided to name him Echo, so thank you Aaron for the suggestion (they asked ChatGPT what the name should be so it really came full circle).
Also, we’ve now asked Echo to tell us “3 weird DIY ideas that would make for a good YouTube video” and he had some thoughts! Our favorite of his ideas was a “glow in the dark garden”
In case the screenshot is too small to read, it says “Glow-in-the-dark garden: Plant and grow a garden with plants and flowers that have been genetically modified or treated to emit a bright flow in the dark.”
Since genetic modification is a bit beyond our skill set, we’re opting for the “treated” method to make them glow. Aka, “treating” them with glow paint haha. We also asked it to describe what “theme” our glow in the dark garden should be so that we could get ideas of what to incorporate. In a nutshell, it said “stars, planets, moons, creatures like fireflies, luminescent plants, glowing mushrooms, fairy lights.” So we want to have a least a few of those elements.
So our plan is to get a large planter (which we want to make glow as well) and fill it with fake plants/succulents/flowers, resin mushrooms, glowing pebbles/filler for the planter, and maybe throw in some glowing resin crystals too. Part of this might depend on what supplies we can find.
We’re gonna continue to check in with Echo throughout the project to get his direction for the project. I’m really excited for this one! -Katelyn
Comments
David H
If I recall correctly (it was almost 10 years ago) we actually had a high school project to genetically modify some bacteria to glow in the dark, so it’s actually not that hard. Basically bacteria have plasmids (little loops of DNA) that they share like trading cards to get genetic diversity, so you really just have to put them in the same liquid as the plasmids that code for a glow-in-the-dark protein, spin them around or something (I forget), and then the bacteria will take the plasmids in and glow in the dark! It’s not super easy (most of the class didn’t succeed), but it’s certainly doable if some high schoolers can do it. And you can probably find lesson plans for teachers that would guide you through it.
Ella McIntosh
This sounds like an incredible project to work on and absolutely cannot wait for the video already! Love the idea of 'inviting' Echo to videos in the future 🤩
