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Dear list members,
I just found the following article on a computer powered by potatos. Maybe
such energy resources could be useful to be developed further.
Greetings
Angelika Prox Dampha
culled from usatoday
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20000524/2292611s.htm
Page 3D
Potato power keeps a Web site cooking
By Janet Kornblum
Like a lot of interesting Internet projects, the Spud Server began with
suds. As in a few pints at the local pub, reports Steve Harris, one of its
builders in Southampton, England.
The Spud Server is exactly what it sounds like: a server powered by
potatoes. Specifically, lots of potatoes sprouting metal prongs. The water
and salt in the potatoes conduct electricity, turning the potatoes into
batteries.
''It was a bet,'' Harris says. He and others who run the non-profit Net
company Temple ov Thee Lemur were talking about potato-powered clocks at a
pub, one thing led to another, and thus was born an ultra-low-power,
stripped-down computer fed by spuds.
''It's not like it's an important technological leap,'' Harris says.
''Apparently, it also works with beer, but we haven't tried that yet.''
original website url: http://totl.net/Spud/
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