Carnivorous Clock Eats Bugs

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @04:37AM from the little-office-of-horrors dept.

Designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have created a clock that is powered by "eating" bugs. The clock traps insects on flypaper stretched across a roller system and then drops them into a vat of bacteria. The insects are then "digested" and the ensuing chemical reaction is transformed into power that keeps the rollers moving and the LCD clock working. The two offer another version that is powered by mice and an even cooler machine that picks insect fuel from spiderwebs with the help of a robotic arm and a video camera.

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Re:umm...why??? by jamstar7 · 2009-06-30 05:26 · Score: 0, Redundant

Might want to check out some physics textbooks and read up on this. The energy 'harvested' by that sail is provided by the internal combustion engine. Yeah, sounds like a great idea at first blush, but when you dig deeper into it, you quickly find out it's not

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