New Scientist has an article on a technology that eats garbage and produces electricity. The MFC (microbial fuel cells, NOT microsoft foundation classes...different class of garbage in/out) uses strains of E.coli to break the organic matter down and release hydrogen which is converted into electricity. The article also has a nice dog photo.

See, it's just a matter of time until I have the tools to build my autonomous, self-powered dandelion eating robot.

Speaking of autonomous robots, here's an MIT article on the Roomba robot I wrote of earlier this week. BTW, here's the Auto Mower robot from Husqvarna.

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