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Scientists Powering Batteries with Soda, Tree Sap

Posted by Hemos on from the power-UP dept.

BobB writes "St. Louis University researchers have concocted batteries fueled by almost any kind of sugar, from tree sap to flat soda, and that could be used to power everything from computers to cell phones. Their thinking: If sugar can jack up the human body, why not electronics?"

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  1. Re:Jacked up. by zero_offset · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your sarcasm sucks nearly as much as your definition of "funnypics". While you're furiously masturbating to the wonderment of your linguistic aptitude, why don't you see whether you can find a definition for "jack up" in that wiki? We technical illiterates crave the beneficence of your wisdom.

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