Sneeze a “C” cell?
Posted by Kirk M on 08 Apr 2006 | Tagged as: BackWoods tech
My lady turned me on to a story about the latest development in the battery improvement area. Virus built batteries.
Here’s the news article from Gizmodo
Viruses Engineered to Make Batteries
READ MORE: Batteries, Gadgets, Viruses, research
“Researchers have engineered viruses to attract metals and spin them into battery components.
Modifying viral genes so the outside viral layer would bind with certain metal ions, they found that incubating the virus in a cobalt chloride solution produced nanowires that work as positive electrodes.
The AP said that the scientists introduced a bit of gold for the desired electrical effects, but we all know that they were proud and just wanted to add a little bling.
Though there’s obviously no hope for human survival in the face of such intelligent and industrious obligate intracellular parasites, we can at least rest assured that in the grim future of Hello Bacteriophage, the war machine will be powered by tiny cute little lithium ion battery electrodes.”
So the next time you come down with the flu it might actually turn into a fairly powerful subject.
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