Thursday, November 19, 2009

Microbial Fuel Cell

We've all seen the thermometer in our compost piles, racing up to 140 degrees.  We know the energetic power of manure-enriched earth.  Now Lynn Tomkins has found a Harvard team working in a power-less area of Sub-Saharan Africa to rub batteries and LED lights with underground bacteria-fueled batteries.  A five gallon bucket, manure, mud and salt water...doesn't sound so different from some of our garden concoctions.  Very cool!

Microbial Fuel Cell

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