Ke hoʻomau nei ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻīnika ola

I ka waena o nā makahiki 2010, ua loaʻa iā Kauka Scott Fulbright lāua ʻo Kauka Stevan Albers, nā haumāna Ph.D. ma ka Polokalamu Cell and Molecular Biology ma ke Kulanui ʻo Colorado State, ka manaʻo hoihoi o ka hana ʻana i ka biofabrication, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka biology e ulu i nā mea, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia no nā huahana o kēlā me kēia lā. E kū ana ʻo Fulbright ma kahi ala kāleka aloha i ka wā i hiki mai ai ka manaʻo o ka hana ʻana i nā ʻīnika mai ka limu.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻīnika he petrochemical, akā ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka algae, kahi ʻenehana hoʻomau, e pani i nā huahana i loaʻa mai ka petroleum, e hana i kahi kapuaʻi kalapona maikaʻi ʻole. Ua hiki iā Albers ke lawe i nā cell algae a hoʻolilo iā lākou i pigment, a lākou i hana ai i loko o kahi ʻano ʻīnika paʻi kiʻi maʻamau i hiki ke paʻi ʻia.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Fulbright lāua ʻo Albers iā Living Ink, kahi hui biomaterials ma Aurora, CO, kahi i kālepa aku ai i nā ʻīnika pigmented i hana ʻia me ka limu ʻeleʻele aloha i ke kaiapuni. ʻO Fulbright ke Luna Nui o Living Ink, me Albers ma ke ʻano he CTO.