Comments on: Onion-powered iPod

By: sweet_baby_t

sweet_baby_t — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:49:05 +0000

This actually does work. When I was in elementary school in Virginia, we had a special summer program for Gifted students. My classes in the summer after 4th grade (1985) were physics, algebra, woodshop, crafting, sign language and computer programming. In physics, we made our own electrical circuits and wires and built a clock that ran on a regular white potato for a battery.

By: vero4902

vero4902 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:31:54 +0000

I think I’ll just go ahead and plug mine into the wall… yep, that was difficult.

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:17:29 +0000

Stupid.

By: skb

skb — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:44:54 +0000

The story reminds me of the potato clock I had as a kid. Wonder what happened to that thing??? Must be 20 years gone by now, but tne coolest thing ever!

By: ChrisW

ChrisW — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:41:18 +0000

He should have used currants.

By: JamesM

JamesM — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:55:04 +0000

“paperboy05
November 24th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

Yep, urban legend.”

More like outright fraud.

By: rhcpaul

rhcpaul — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:39:56 +0000

it weirds me out when stuff i read about on neatorama references places near where i live. st vincent’s college is really near here and i work in a rival college. nuts.

By: rageagainsttherobots

rageagainsttherobots — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:40:44 +0000

Good call Justin.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:39:36 +0000

@ Alex

That’s what I thought…I thought he was in junior high.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:07:08 +0000

here you go guys. This is the section on mythbusters where they look at this exact video and test it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX6-jZpXDp4

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:48:02 +0000

Twenty one? He looks twelve!

By: ted

ted — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:47:29 +0000

Dreamkillers.

By: paperboy05

paperboy05 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:04:48 +0000

Yep, urban legend. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21880/1176/

By: funkmeister

funkmeister — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:02:55 +0000

I saw it too, doesn’t work

By: Restless

Restless — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:59:29 +0000

I have seen this on myth busters and somewhere else and apparently it doesn’t work at all. I think the conclusion was that Onions + energy drinks do create charge but nowhere near enough to charge an I-pod.

By: Clotho

Clotho — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:55:26 +0000

not such a fool proof way of staying green, when you think about it…it will take energy to recycle the Red Bull can, it took energy to make the Red Bull, and it takes energy to transport the Red Bull and onion to the market near this kid’s house – probably more energy than he gained by doing this experiment

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:53:40 +0000

meh…if it could sync as well, he’d be on to something.

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:46:36 +0000

ill pass… wake me up when you’ve got a garlic powered one….mmmmmm garlic…