Harnessing light has current applications in IT, telecommunications, defense, healthcare, energy production and manufacturing. The document outlines future possibilities like artificial photosynthetic systems, hydrogen from photosynthetic organisms, and Li-Fi. However, challenges remain in efficiently harnessing light energy, high technology costs, developing durable materials, and overcoming lack of awareness which will require collaboration across multiple fields.

1. HARNESSING LIGHT: POSSIBILTIES
& CHALLENGES

2. CURRENT APPLICATIONS
• In IT & telecommunications (IR)
• Defense and national security
(YAL-1)
• Health care and medicine (Photo
Dynamic therapy PDT)
• Energy production (Photovoltaic
Cells); (DSC)
• Advanced manufacturing

3. FUTURE
POSSIBILITIES
Artificial
Photosynthetic
System (Artificial Leaf)
Hydrogen from
Photosynthetic
Organisms
Light-Fidelity
(Li-Fi)
Organic light
emitting diode
(OLED)

4. • Currently unable to
efficiently harness light
energy
• High cost of available
technology
• Unavailability of materials
needed to withstand this
energy for a long period of
time
• Chemists, biologists,
physicists & engineers need
to come together to
overcome challenges.
• Lack of awareness

6. THANK YOU
WE KNOW THAT THE PAST WAS
INSPIRING,
WE KNOW THAT THE PRESENT IS GOING
GREAT,
&
I KNOW THAT THE FUTURE WILL BE
BREATHTAKING.