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Living Battery Discovered in North Sea

posted by n1 on Wednesday April 02 2014, @07:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the wave-power-will-be-jealous dept.

Koen writes:

A team of the Netherlands Institute of Sea Research and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel have discovered a microbial battery in the North Sea off the Coast at Oostende. "By producing electricity, these bacteria extract energy from the sea floor," says prof. Filip Meysman. "It is the first time that such a biological battery has been found in nature. Perhaps, in ten years, a smart phone will be powered by tiny conductive bacterial wires." These bacteria seem to be common all over the world.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Wednesday April 02 2014, @09:11AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Wednesday April 02 2014, @09:11AM (#24735)

    I still have a PC which intentionally fails to boot Windows 95 so it drops back to the DOS prompt. It's sole purpose is to drive a CNC mill through the parallel port.

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