A Virus that Creates Electricity

[KatieHal]

This has some serious oh-holy-crap-the-world-could-change implications!

http://io9.com/5910682/a-virus-that-creates-electricity

[MusicallyInspired]

They'll be making a disaster/survival movie out of this in no time.

Seriously, though. "Virus-powered electronics" sounds ominously creepy.

[Delling]

It's not realistic. The reason alternative energy sources are fringe is really simple: energy density. It doesn't sound like this thing has the energy density to meaningfully replace the much denser forms of energy we currently use.


But!! If it infects something that has a variant of the common cold... ... viruses mutate, people. Enjoy your glowing snot.

[snabbott]

I used to grow M13 so I could extract cssDNA (circular single-stranded DNA).

[Lambonius]

Imagine the implications this could have for the sex toy industry!!

[Numbers]

Imagine the implications this could have for the sex toy industry!!

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