Problems with your electricity bill? Don’t worry, the necklace that lights up is here. The idea, which has already been circulating for a few months, has now been proposed again in OroArezzo by the somewhat mysterious Energitismo Association. Essentially, it is a gel inserted between two red glasses in the pendant of the necklace: it reproduces chlorophyll photosynthesis, that of plants. With this chemical process the jewel begins to flash: romantics associate it with the pulsation of a heart, the most skeptical with a fire signal. «It is a technology that we have looked for in universities, in laboratories where applied research is carried out», explained Claudia Bettiol, who is the first graduate in Civil Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, as well as the leader of the association. And in times of high bills, who knows whether the idea of a luminous necklace will take root more than expected…
