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Origami-Folded Paper Battery is Powered by Bacteria

Mila Luleva — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:24:29 +0000

Revolutionary bacteria-powered, folded and cheap paper-based battery was created using origami techniques. Scientists have been experimenting with paper-based and microbial-powered batteries for quite some time now, demonstrating the potential of such technologies for future use in portable gadgets or to serve bigger purpose of energy delivery in poor regions of the world. Some examples are the […]

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Stanford Microbial Battery Stores Electricity Generated From Sewage Water

Mila Luleva — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:29:30 +0000

In their search for alternative energy sources, scientists from Stanford University developed a mini power plant device, which uses microbes that are found in sewage systems. The study published in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows the potential of harvesting the electricity, which is naturally generated as these […]

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Blood-Fed Yeast Batteries Could Greenly Power Pacemakers

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:41:10 +0000

As if it wasn't enough for MIT's virus batteries, scientists from the University of British Columbia have now devised a fuel cell prototype able to feed itself from the sugar in the blood stream.The tricky part of the invention is that the fuel cell is made of nothing else but a type of bacteria, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that lives in yeast.

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