Smelly robot eats flies to generate its own power

Reuters via msnbc ^ | 09/08/2004 | staff

[BJClinton]

Updated: 1:17 p.m. ET Sept. 8, 2004LONDON - British scientists are developing a robot that will generate its own power by eating flies.

The idea is to produce electricity by catching flies and digesting them in special fuel cells that will break down sugar in the insects' skeletons and release electrons that will drive an electric current.

[beaver fever]

Uh

That be Saskatchewan. Fifty two years of practice and I still can't remember how to spell it.

[elephantlips]

Closer than mine!