Posted on 05/30/2016 8:53:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
M ost supercapacitors—electrical components that store energy—are made from aluminum, graphene or various polymers. But the materials list for the new ones being developed at Arizona State University (ASU) could be mistaken for a grocery receipt: cheddar cheese, eggs, gelatin, Gatorade.
Researchers at ASU are using these ingredients to create edible supercapacitors. Foods like cheese and egg white, when placed in the right combinations, can conduct and store electricity. The resulting devices, once swallowed, could one day power medical devices in the stomach or intestinal tract.
“We use food to function like electronics,” says Hanqing Jiang, a professor of mechanical engineering who led the research, heading up a team of students. “And everything works pretty well.”
The steps for making the supercapacitors—the recipe, if you will—go like this: researchers mix a bit of egg white with carbon pellets (activated carbon, sometimes called "activated charcoal," is used in some digestive medicines), then add water and more egg white. They apply the mixture to a bit of edible gold foil. They then layer together a slice of cheese and a sheet of gelatin with the egg-and carbon-covered gold foil. On top of that they add a square of dried seaweed, the type used to roll sushi, which has been soaked with drops of energy drink. They stack more of the same materials together, and seal them in a sealing machine.
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I never realized their were electronics that are ingestible to be transformed. The things some people eat, and if people are what they eat then what are these people?
I never realized there were electronics that are ingestible to be transformed. The things some people eat, and if people are what they eat then what are these people?
The FLux Capacitor?
No, the Flush Capacitor.
Next, the iGut
The flux capacitor was the core component of Doctor Emmett Brown's time traveling DeLorean time machine and the following Jules Verne Train.
Unless you're saying it's a joke? (The Flush Capacitor).
how to power robotics, without time out for recharging stations - feed ‘em a sandwich.
There were those robot cookies in Despicable Me.
But I thought that was fiction.
9>)
Ah, gots it .... :)
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