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Batteries Powered by Leftover Food

Posted by michael on from the my-refrigerator-suddenly-becomes-very-valuable dept.

Lazyhound writes "Technologists at the University of the West of England in Bristol have come up with a cheap, organic battery that can run on household leftovers, and be manufactured for just £10." There's also a New Scientist article. The New Scientist would like to point out that they broke the story, and the BBC followed up.

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  1. Real men of genius by Mantorp · · Score: 5, Funny



    Today we salute you Mr.regardless-of-topic-lets-post-beowulf-cluster-r eferences.

    Without paying any attention to the story at hand you stay true to your mission of spreading the gospel of the Grendel slayer.

    Grendel slayer

    Be it virus spreading lego men, Jon Katz fanclub winamp skins, or coffee grinders running Red Hat...
    running Red Hat
    ...you can imagine them all in multiplicitous clusters.
    clusters baby
    So next time you're browsing slashdot ignore all the posts blasting Python, Perl or patent lawyers just set the threshold to -1 and do a search for the hero of the Geats, then think for a minute Geats and Gates? Is Beowulf a prophecy?

  2. Re:Filed under brilliance for... by timeOday · · Score: 5, Funny
    That's why I prefer conventional batteries...

    nickel-cadmium, lead-acid, nickel metal hydride, carbon-zinc, lithium... ummmm, it makes my mouth water.