You know how those mad scientists at DARPA are obsessed with generating power from insects? A team from Clarkson University, New York and Ben-Gurion University, Israel has gone one better by turning a Snail into a cybernetic power generator. A pair of Buckypaper electrodes were charged by the electro-chemical reactions in the slow-moving invertebrates "hemolymph," its equivalent to blood. Its hoped the Snails will provide a sustainable way to power listening devices for the Department of Homeland Security, so if you suddenly find your crawlspace full of gastropods, be careful what you say.
[Image credit: American Chemical Society]
[Image credit: American Chemical Society]
Snail turned into living battery, should have taken the blue pill originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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