Fruit is great. It’s juicy and refreshing, the perfect tonic on a warm summer day. Personally, I’m partial to strawberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes, apples, oranges, bananas, nectarines, and peaches. But soon fruit will serve another purpose other than just refreshing us. It’ll also store energy and recharge our phones.
As Time Now News puts it:
“Okay, this might sound a little too strange, but researchers at the University of Sydney have developed a method that uses fruits like Durian and jackfruit waste to create energy stores for rapid electricity charging. They claim that these fruits may help charge electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets in a few seconds. ”
Adds Futurism:
“One of the major challenges in converting a fossil fuel-dependent energy infrastructure into something clean and sustainable is finding new ways to store energy — and a growing number of researchers have been looking into biowaste as a possible answer, according to research published in the Journal of Energy Storage in December. Building on research into bagasse, watermelons, pomelo peels, and even paper pulp, the engineers found a way to build ultracapacitors — extremely energy-dense storage devices — out of the jackfruit and durian.”
It’s all very interesting and kind of makes you think doesn’t it? Providing us with literal food for thought.
Is storing energy in fruit the Greatest Idea Ever?
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