Living Snail Turned Into Battery To Power Microelectronics For Several Months

Man's quest for finding the sources of electricity to power micro-electronic components is taking unexpected turns. A team of research scientists from Ben-Gurion University at Israel and Clarkson University at New York successfully turned a living snail into a battery that can power microelectronic components for a period of several months. In a pioneering experiment, the researchers harnessed snail's blood sugar to recharge an implanted battery. The team used electrodes made up of carbon nanotubes called 'buckypaper' along with certain enzymes to create electricity. What's even more important is that the snail implanted with the battery can live life normally and produce enough glucose levels to produce electricity.



Before you go and start searching for the snails, please note that the amount of electricity generated from the living snail is far less than that of an AAA battery. The team however, is focused on increasing the flow of electricity in their future experiments. US Military's DARPA has funded the research which means that the US/Israeli soliders would be the first ones to get access to the technology. The research team now aims to fit a tiny video camera on the snail's shell and capture nice shots. If you have any suggestions apart from using diabetic snails for the experiment, we'd be happy to hear.

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