Real-life scientific tail of the first 'electrified snail'
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
The world's first "electrified snail" has joined the menagerie of cockroaches, rats, rabbits and other animals previously implanted with biofuel cells that generate electricity -- perhaps for future spy cameras, eavesdropping microphones and other electronics -- from natural sugar in their bodies. Scientists say their new biofuel cell worked for months in a free-living snail.