Researchers Develop Insect Powered Energy Source

Posted by Unknown on Monday January 9, 2012 @03:47AM from the cyber-insect-overlords dept.

cylonlover writes with this excerpt from an article at Gizmag: "Research into developing insect cyborgs for use as first responders or super stealthy spies has been going on for a while now. Most research has focused on using batteries, tiny solar cells, or piezoelectric generators to harvest kinetic energy from the movement of an insect's wings to power the electronics attached to the insects. Now a group of researchers at Case Western Reserve University have created a biofuel cell power supply that relies just on the insect's normal feeding [registration required to download full paper]."

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Neo, the Matrix has you! by gentryx · 2012-01-09 03:48 · Score: 2, Interesting

How long until we can power devices from human body heat or even by the ATP derived from nutrients in our blood?

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Re:PETA protests in 3..2..1.. by DrXym · 2012-01-09 04:50 · Score: 3, Interesting

I wonder how many bugs, worms, rodents, amphibians and assorted other animals are killed when some farmer runs a combine or plough over a field during the course of a year.