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Energy from Grapes

Posted by michael on from the black-powder-and-alcohol dept.

shpoffo writes "This article at BetterHumans.com talks about harvesting energy from grapes - enough to power small microchips that could be implanted in/attached to plants for monitoring/etc. Seems like it's just a piece of the larger picture emerging..."

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  1. Does this mean by immanis · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the future I can have a Night Train powered computer?

    WOW! It's just like me!

    Course, it would prolly crash a lot.

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  2. Enter the vineyard by ichimunki · · Score: 5, Funny

    But what happens when the grapes wake up to the reality that they're basically slaves, serving as batteries for human kind?

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    1. Re:Enter the vineyard by Sloppy · · Score: 4, Funny
      Nobody can be told what the vinyard is.

      "I should have photosynthesized the blue ray!"

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  3. Must be sweet grapes by kawika · · Score: 5, Funny

    As the article mentions, the power generation depends on glucose. So if you're not getting enough power, it's just sour grapes.