Computer runs for six months on slime - Fudzilla

Photosynthesis could be the new batteryBoffins from the University of Cambridge have managed to run a computer for six months, using blue-green algae as a power source.

A type of cyanobacteria called Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 -- commonly known as "blue-green algae," which produces oxygen through photosynthesis when exposed to sunlight, was sealed in a small contain… [+1429 chars]

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