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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Lemon + wood + LCD = clock
Dec 4 2008 3:11AM | Permalink |Comments (13) |
From the design website Anna Gram: These French designers have taken the perennial science fair project and turned it into a work of art. The makers claim it runs for about a week before you need to swap out the lemon.
Via Engadget.
Related entries in: Low-Power | Power Sources/Controllers |
Reader Comments
at 12/4/2008 12:55:17 PM, Meredith Poor said:
Citroen cars are powered the same way....
at 12/4/2008 2:31:11 PM, Larry M said:
Naah. Citroens use a grapefruit. Lemons are for Renaults.
at 12/4/2008 4:10:40 PM, Critic said:
Nice! It may be considered a luxury item if one does not have a citrus tree. Have you seen the price of lemons lately? Cool idea.
at 12/4/2008 5:26:25 PM, Stiggle said:
Now I suppose the French want to take credit for the Lemon. After all, I don't see anything remarkable or artsy-fartsy about the clock or powering it from Voltaire pile. A disposable dry cell would require less energy abd resources compared to a year's worth of Lemons....
at 12/4/2008 10:43:23 PM, Grittin James said:
Wow!!
Hope same can done from Orange and Apple?
at 12/5/2008 5:56:24 AM, ChrisPE said:
INteresting idea , although not new.In eighties Spencer (gift outlet) used to sell "potato clocks" powered of course by a spud.I will e-mail you a picture of it.It is cool and still works.As for price and other concerns, lemon clock will work until a lemon dries out and it is a GREEN ENERGY! Thank you for a post.I will have to get one for my clock collection.Have a wonderful weekend.
at 12/9/2008 2:45:20 PM, Poet said:
We should not confuse art with engineering even though they are sometimes the same.
at 12/9/2008 4:34:44 PM, BMW owner said:
I can see it now. My car runs on lemons. Try that in your BMW M5! 0-60 in 5hours per one crate of lemons!
at 12/26/2008 11:17:35 PM, web design company,web designer,web desi said:
Thanks ur information
at 12/31/2008 3:45:07 PM, HarmonicHam said:
No, no, no, no, NO!!!
Lemon = YELLOW ENERGY
Lime = GREEN ENERGY!!!
Your kilometerage may vary...
Why do I let you people pull me down to your level???
at 1/6/2009 6:44:09 PM, HenryMohan said:
Nothing more than a battery powered LCD clock
at 1/10/2009 9:04:08 PM, Snady said:
Amazing - how does that work?? Sandy
at 1/11/2009 5:47:13 PM, futer scientist of tomarow said:
Ya i tried this it didnt work i need to know how to make it work and why it works. so ya post it oon this website before next weekend cause i need to know soon.
Love futer scientist of tomarow
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