My thanks to Barry in our sales office for bringing this to my attention. St Louis University are working on a fuel cell that could one day power small portable electronic devices like iPODs. The trick is that the fuel cells runs on sugar or any sugar source ranging from soft drinks to the sap from trees. More than this, the charged up device can run up to four hours longer than a traditional Ion-Lithium battery.

Somehow this reminds me of the scene from ‘Back To The Future 2′ when Doc Brown puts old banana skins in his tank to fuel his car. It could happen.

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