Vampire Fuel Cells Feed on Human Blood

Yes, you read the title right. Check out this research being done on creating a microbial fuel cell using yeast.


The hottest two things going right now are vampires and renewable energy. Okay, so maybe vampires are slightly hotter among teenagers and bored women approaching middle age. But it was inevitable that someone would put the two together.

A team at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver developed a very small microbial fuel cell using yeast, the same kind of yeast used to bake bread and brew beer. These yeast cells create power by feeding on the glucose in human blood. It’s not quite as gruesome as it sounds, though. Or maybe it is. But the fact is that it may be a life saving innovation if these tiny blood powered fuel cells can be used to create energy for devices like intraspinal microelectrodes for treating paralysis.


Link: http://www.energyboom.com/emerging/vampire-fuel-cells-feed-human-blood

:scared:

If it's regular old yeast. why not sugar or the blood of another mammal?

Of course, if they could run on triglycerides or bad cholesterol ...

"Brains! Brains!"

The program to deploy it commenced in 1981 and, to date, it has been implanted in approximately 20% of the US population.

Is this the same as the robots who eat human remains?

...for flesh eating robot land steamers.
Vive la différence.