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Bacteria As Fuel Cells?
KantIsDead writes "MIT's Tech Review is running an interview with Boston University Bioengineer Tim Gardner about the possibility of using bacteria to produce electricity. If fuel cells running off sugar are nearly here, alcohol-powered robots cannot be far." From the article: "While typical fuel cells use hydrogen as fuel, separating out electrons to create electricity, bacteria can use a wide variety of nutrients as fuel. Some species, such as Shewanella oneidensis and Rhodoferax ferrireducens, turn these nutrients directly into electrons. Indeed, scientists have already created experimental microbial fuel cells that can run off glucose and sewage. Although these microscopic organisms are remarkably efficient at producing energy, they don't make enough of it for practical applications."
Is it just me, or is anyone else sick of the whole "Obligatory" Futurama or Simpsons reference to every single article that may come anywhere near a reason to make one.
The same goes for "I for one accept our new overlords" or those that race just to be the first poster.
Evolve people. These jokes are becoming stale and tiresome. Does anyone physically laugh at these anymore? I suspect not.
Now, i'm not having a dig at anyone personally, and this is my personal opinion, but i believe that there will be a magnitude of other users which would agree.
Someone has to say it.