Behold! the power of. . . .potatoes?

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Behold! the power of. . . .potatoes?

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Spud powered web server.

fact or fiction? anyone came across this thing before? seems kinda neat, if rather odd.
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IIRC Potatoes CAN act as batteries to some extent.
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IIRC Potatoes CAN act as batteries to some extent.
So can citrus fruits (especially lemons), IIRC.

I imagine you would need a fair number of spuds to power a decent web server (not like that one, which currently runs on a single AAA battery), and you would constantly have to replace them...
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New solution for alternative energy :mrgreen:

Anyway I think it's a cool idea.
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rofl, I love the circuit schematic!
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"The Matrix is a vast neural-interactive simulation designed to turn human beings into this."

Morpheus presents Neo with a brushed potato.
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