Turning Lovely Trees into "Battrees"?
Can you turn one of these lovely natural objects, . . . .
. . . . . into one of these?This article
discusses the work of an engineering group in Canton Mass., in collaboration with an inventor from Illinois. They claim that soon they will be able to tap the "energy in trees" to charge batteries up to 12 Volts or higher.
The concept comes from the natural potential differences that develop in nature. Such potential differences help to shape animal embryo growth and development. Such naturally occurring potential differences also create lightning, and other natural electrical phenomena.
Currently the researchers can only generate enough voltage/current to keep an LED burning indefinitely. They promise more, much more, in the near future--if provided with funding. Take that for what it is worth. Food for thought, at least for termites.
Labels: batteries, Tree Power
posted by al fin at 9:13 am
1 Comments:
Pretty funny image you suggest, Micah. Maybe it will happen.
You know, I would not be surprised to learn that we are surrounded by abundant energy. We are simply too dense, up until now, to realise it.
Voltage potential differences between ground and atmosphere are accepted, and demonstrated in every thunderstorm. These researchers are simply looking for much smaller, but more persistent, potential differences.
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