"Snail power" : generating electricy from snails

Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:47 pm

wtf?? http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Biofuel-Snail-Green-Electricity-energy,news-14469.html

hook a couple hundred thousand of 'em up to power your cell phone??? :rofl:

what a boon doggle!!
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no_excuse
 
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:39 am

The population in my front and backyard could probably run my house. Damn things eat all my strawberries before I can get near them.
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Evaa
 
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:23 pm

well thats interesting?
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Susan
 
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:52 am

I have molluscophobia, I really don't hope this is the future.
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RAww DInsaww
 
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:31 am

First snails, then humans, then the matrix. We can all see where this is headed =P
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Reanan-Marie Olsen
 
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:10 pm

Snail Human hybrids?
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:35 am

First snails, then humans, then the matrix. We can all see where this is headed =P

yeah, the ultimate VR experience :tongue:
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Farrah Lee
 
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:18 pm

Are the homeless considered renewable energy as well? If so I think Portland might be okay.
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Connie Thomas
 
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:25 am

yeah, the ultimate VR experience :tongue:
but at a VERY sslllloooooooowwwwwwwww pace
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:53 am

On little bitty hamster wheels, encouraged by oysters with whips? Cool!!
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Amy Smith
 
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:03 pm

Generating electricity from snails to electrocute slugs ! Fight ! Fight ! Fight !

Okay. "Companies and researchers are constantly on the search for new, efficient, clean, and renewable sources of energy to power our heavily consuming society." We're that pathetic ? Really ? Rather than do the obvious thing and start consuming less, we're trying to get sparks from snails ?
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Justin Hankins
 
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:14 pm

considering the power was harnessed metabollicly from the snail, and not because snails in general discharge electricity :confused:, i actually wonder how much a human could produce if a biocell was attached to their metabolism.

if it were significant i would not mind having a few of those put in me so i could charge my ipod or cell phone off my body. of course, the most fun would be thinking of where to have the devices dock at.
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:18 am

A human can power stuff as well, just shove it in a hamster wheel and tangle it's obession in front of it.
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Post » Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:52 am

A human can power stuff as well, just shove it in a hamster wheel and tangle it's obession in front of it.
all one needs is an incentive to keep moving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni1a9ScfNZU
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