There's been a huge upsurge in cool prosthetic technology recently, thanks to a mysterious increase in the number of first world otherwise-healthy citizens who are suddenly stumbling around the place missing a limb or two. But while advances like bluetooth-controlled legs are undeniably awesome, they're only half of the equation needed before the Detroit crime rate is cut by someone part man, part machine but All Cop. Mechanical parts and squishy human brains have a bit of dysfunctional relationship at the moment - while machines can learn how to interpret the desires of twitching muscles, the gooey nervous system tends to get annoyed or dead when the machine tries to inject signals back.
I remember the potato-powered-lightbulb gag from chemistry class, but my jaw kind of dropped when I saw the last few moments of this how-to video.
Yup, that appears to be an iPod charging its battery from a USB plugged into a f#cking onion.
They may be fine showmen, but the Household Hackers don't reveal why the bleep it actually happens. Scores of comments attempt to explain it or dismiss it as a hoax. But none of them hit that sweet mix of authority, brevity, and insouciance we at 60SS strive for.
You, dear readers, are surely smarter and more talented. Can you explain or debunk the onion-gatorade battery in 100 words or less?
