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Spinach May Soon Power Mobile Devices

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-comment-from-olive dept.

neutron_p writes "For the first time, MIT researchers have incorporated a plant's ability to convert sunlight to energy into a solid-state electronic "spinach sandwich" device that may one day power laptops and cell phones."

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  1. I hear the Navy is interested... by markana · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Based on the recommendations of an Adminal Popeye (ret).... :-)

  2. Spinach, eh? by bgarcia · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Introducing...

    The Pop-iPod!

    Er... Popeye-pod!

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    I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.
  3. I'm getting old by ciaohound · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm thinking there must be a Popeye joke to be made here, you know, with the spinach and all, but I got nothing.

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    Oh, yeah, it's not easy to pad these out to 120 characters.
  4. Quest for Spinach by pHatidic · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Its the early 1990s, space travel is frequent; Everybody's wearing silver hair with sequins They're going to the moon to party their butts off, But I'm down here, looking for the green stuff.

    Chorus:

    Quest for spinach! I need my greens. Quest for spinach! I need my greens. Quest for spinach! I need my greeeeeeens...

    Its the early 1990s, the experts were wrong: Petroleum didn't run out, you can get it for a song. But the green stuff is gone and it's getting very dear. If you give me some, I'll cut off both my ears!

    Bridge:

    O Popeye, won't you save me, I don't think that I can make it. If I don't get some spinach, I'll have to... eat manicotti again! (audience: Oh no! Not manicotti!)