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Read more.Virginia Tech research team makes cheap, energy-dense sugar batteries.
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kalniel (23-01-2014)
Candytastic.
If only they could make one that runs off of the human body.....so we could eat the sugar that runs the device
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You jest, but it would be a good way to increase metabolism demands on the body without the exercise needed to consume the same amount of energy.Originally Posted by shaithis
If only they could make one that runs off of the human body.....so we could eat the sugar that runs the device
You mean Candy(TM)tastic?
I wonder how close (if) those ideas are from being commercialised though. Now and then we read about some really interesting and potentially revolutionary inventions only to see them vanish from the headlines.
Last edited by TooNice; 24-01-2014 at 10:53 AM.
Can you get some that run on meat? Mmmm Steak.
Well at the moment it provides only a fraction of the voltage of other batteries and lasts about a week before breaking down. But those are all things that might be overcome in the future - that's kind of the idea of publishing these kinds of things.
Fuel cells were apparently invented in 1838 (wiki warning), and while they're in use, they're still not in use for personal transportation.
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