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Hooked on Science - Lemon Battery

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Did you know you could create a battery by using a few items from around the house? Go to www.hookedonscience.org for experiments that might get you and your family "Hooked on Science."
5 comments
Apr 27, 2009. 10:02 PMLftndbt says:
This has the rather strong aroma of processed meat.

http://www.instructables.com/id/supercharged-lemon/

http://www.instructables.com/id/The_micro_Lemon_Battery_reusable_1_hour_of_led_l/]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Tiny-AVR-Microcontroller-Runs-on--a-Fruit-Battery/

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-powerful-water-battery/

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Bio-Battery---Power-for-the-future.-So-easy-a/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Building_a_quotBaghdad_Batteryquot/]

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Penny-Battery/

Did you know you could create a battery by using a few items from around the house? Yes thankyou I did. Instructables.com took care of that for me....

Go to www.hookedonscience.org for experiments that might get you and your family "Hooked on Science." or how 'bout we all stay here and check out the links I provided. ;-)
Mar 25, 2012. 5:31 PMtbh-1138 says:
If I use a potato instead of a lemon, will I be able to use it to power an insane AI?
Aug 1, 2010. 6:46 AMLucas Sparda says:
No offense whatsoever, but it was cooler when it was explained by Doc Brown...
Jul 29, 2010. 10:53 AMshadleyhax says:
@Lftndbt - difference is, this is aimed at young kids. *shrugs* but yes, this is a way overplayed experiment. I did this at school.
May 13, 2010. 6:14 PMskelly7447 says:
you might still want batteries to power things like power tools

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Jason Lindsey is an award-winning outreach science educator. Jason studied science and journalism at Western Kentucky University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree. At WKU Jason focused on...
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