New fuel cell harnesses microbial energy from soil to power sensors
interestingengineering.com
This soil-powered device, about the size of a regular paperback book, offers a viable alternative to batteries in underground sensors used for precision agriculture.
  • DarkNightoftheSoul
    English
    3·
    11 months ago

    I definitely got the impression from the title that somehow someone had come up with a way to turn literal dirt into energy.

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Like the mineral component?

      Yeah, that’d be hard. Unsustainable too. Just look at sand mining for an example of how bad that would be.