Batteries

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Batteries are all around us, in things we use all the time, and in all different shapes and sizes, so of course we know exactly how they all work, right? Nope! Not even close! The bizarre breadth of our battery banter includes Ben Franklin, tiny computers, and...shrimp?
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[Trivia Question]
Oxford Electric Bell battery lifespan
mentalfloss.com/article/52147/what%E2%80%99s-w…
archwww.physics.ox.ac.uk/history/Exhibit1.html
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mystery-continuo…
x.com/UniofOxford/status/1610593348464640001?s…
[Fact Off]
Edible battery for sustainability (and maybe child safety)
academic.oup.com/jimb/article/45/5/313/5996662
arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/researchers-cr…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36919977
popsci.com/technology/edible-battery-prototype
connecticutchildrens.org/ear-nose-and-throat/w….
npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/08/31/…
Platypus electroreception study using batteries
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3945317
latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-12-vw-1864…
jstor.org/stable/56002?typeAccessWorkflow=login
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/202/10/144…
[Ask the Science Couch]
Grid-scale storage with batteries
iea.org/energy-system/electricity/grid-scale-s…
nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/74426.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032…
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152…
science.org/content/article/new-generation-flo…
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136…
scientificamerican.com/article/rechargeable-mo…
[Butt One More Thing]
Microbial battery with exoelectrogens and poop water
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1307327110
theverge.com/2013/9/19/4747532/scientists-use-…

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