Biological Batteries (1995)

Posted by mathematically on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:13PM
from the elasmo-research.org dept.

http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/p_batteries.htm

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Re:Biological Batteries (1995) by Lamad123 on Friday October 22, 2021 @03:18AM (#28954466)

Site was last updated in 1995! Still look great, especaially those shark nose and ray tail sticking out of header!

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Re:Biological Batteries (1995) by zafka on Friday October 22, 2021 @09:07AM (#28956757)

Excellent storyteller! This reminds me of a long running series from the Chicago Sun Times: ''Things I Learned En Route to Looking Up Other Things.'' That column dovetailed with my love of reading the World Book Encyclopedia in a random fashion.

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Re:Biological Batteries (1995) by SiriusLi on Friday October 22, 2021 @07:49AM (#28956101)

Interesting! Reminds me of generating electricity with a lemon as a kid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_battery

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Re:Biological Batteries (1995) by xor99 on Friday October 22, 2021 @11:27AM (#28958438)

Thank you for this! It is sobering and fascinating to read how complicated muscle control is.

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