Fruit Clock

Posted by gail in Everything Else on November 5, 2006 at 3:36 pm


fruitclock

From the website:

A digital clock and calendar powered by food! This fruit powered digital clock and calendar combines micro-electronic technology with the natural electrical potential of a fresh fruit or vegetable. The Fruit Clock uses the original scientific principles on which all modern electrical storage batteries are based. Just add a fresh orange, apple, lemon, lime, pear, banana, or any another convenient fruit or vegetable to the supplied components in this kit and you have the perfect synthesis of nature’s own electrical power resource and the accuracy of a digital clock.

From Physlink via Gizmodo


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9 comments to "Fruit Clock"

  1. Jacob
    November 5th, 2006 at 11:26 pm

    I had a "potato clock" two decades ago.

    I was the exact same thing, with different styling, and required two potatoes.

  2. gail
    November 5th, 2006 at 11:32 pm

    Interesting. Alessandro Volta used lemon juice in the original experiment.

  3. Sara
    November 6th, 2006 at 12:11 am

    It seems like a waste of fresh fruit...

  4. Alex
    November 6th, 2006 at 12:15 am

    Maybe you can eat it afterwards ...

  5. Justin
    November 6th, 2006 at 10:49 am

    How long would the clock last in a fresh orange?

  6. Crys
    November 6th, 2006 at 11:53 am

    If a potato can do it, why can't an orange?

  7. ted
    November 6th, 2006 at 11:37 pm

    A battery would last longer.

  8. Alex
    November 7th, 2006 at 12:15 am

    A cheapie watch would last longer, but you can't eat it (unless you have pica)!

  9. Brittany Anne
    October 23rd, 2007 at 5:41 pm

    a pickle works, and soda too ;]


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