Researchers Using Fruit to Aid the Sun’s Work Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Blackberries, blueberries, oranges and grapes—chemistry students at Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) are loading up on their fruits these days, but it has nothing to do with the food pyramid. The students are using the fruit to produce solar energy.
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Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket:
Intriguing.

Given how the article stresses the simplicity, I'd really like to see a howto for this (but don't have time to Google right now...)
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Posted: 2 years ago by zzz:
http://www.mansolar.com/function.htm


You can buy a kit to make "green current" from black currents.

Hey, I wonder if I can power a Blackberry using blackberries?
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Posted: 2 years ago by zzz:
Wikipedia has a comprehensive article on this as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sensitized_solar_cells

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Posted: 2 years ago by zzz:
« pocksucket : Intriguing.

Given how the article stresses the simplicity, I'd really like to see a howto for this (but don't have time to Google right now...)
See my comments.
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