Potatoes bring power to the masses
Researchers in Jerusalem have published findings on their project of providing cheap and simple power to developing countries that don’t yet have the infrastructure for it.
The fruit (or vegetable?) of their research is a battery made of boiled potato hooked up with copper and zinc electrodes, to make a battery that supposedly is more efficient than modern fuel cells, a lot cheaper and can run for weeks in the right conditions.
Gadgets | Canti | 
June 20, 2010 6:51 pm | 
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