Once again from the We Make Money Not Art page an interesting article detailing the (rather inevitable) inclusion of organic matter for technology- remember those potato light bulb experiements in grade school? How about the fruit-powered processor?!
"...the use of pH levels of fruits for storing binary information has proved to be effective..."
Who knew the pH levels in lemons and mandarin oranges would be used to represent binary? At the moment they are shooting for small ASCII code storage, then "observe how it could change in time (or not) according to the natural processes of degradation."
Called "Garage Science" from the workshop of Interactivos? the hybrid concept runs parallel with sustainability projects such as the one being trialed at Auburn University. This is by far not the first instance of fruit-powered technology, however. This site sells a fruit-powered digital calendar and clock inspired by Alessandro Volta (an awesome name, in my opinion) for his electrical storage battery experiment in 1800. You simply supply your own fruit and assemble the device for an accurate digital clock!
I have to learn someday that I am the product of hippies and this conservation movement does truly appeal to me... but I'm not interested in the moral bonuses. I simply like the idea of efficient energy and less resources used for myself and especially some larger provider such as an electric company. I will someday use solar power and, if my significant other is mostly agreeable, fruit-powered electronics all around!
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