Cheap batteries using boiled potatoes

There are some people who can apply the breakthrough made by scientists at the Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., A company whose function is to commercialize technology research Hebrews University in Jerusalem.

The company introduced a battery of organic research findings by researchers at the University Hebrews that made from potatoes and has been getting special treatment in order to improve its ability to connect the oxidation and reduction in galvanic cells or so-called salt bridge.

Professor Haim D. From Robert H. Rabinowitch Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Alex Golberg research students from the School of Computer Science and Engineering, both from the Hebrews University, together with Professor Boris Rubinsky of the University of California at Berkeley, is basically intended to study the electrolytic process that occurs in living organisms to applied to the various applications.

In their research they found that the use of zinc and copper mounted on a boiled potato to produce electricity for up to 10 times more than potatoes that is not boiled. From the results of cost analysis, the potatoes battery can five to fifty times cheaper than commercial 1.5 volt battery.

If you are interested to try it, please do a little experiment with various kinds of tubers or fruits, because according to the researchers it can produce electricity with all necessary conditions that given special treatment in advance in order to generate electricity.