h a l f b a k e r yYou gonna finish that?
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A battery (or, as [8th] will doubtless not fail to point out, a
galvanic cell) can be as simple as two different metals with
an
electrolyte between them. You can, for instance, power an
electronic clock from a silver teaspoon and a copper coin
stuck
into an orange. This is not generally
done, because it looks
silly and, in any case, who can spare a coin these days?
Howevertheless, the general principle holds. Now, sweat is
a
reasonably good electrolyte, and the whole human body is
itself filled with electrolyte.
It should be a trivial matter to devise a shirt with copper
and
silver wires cunningly woven into it. With suitable
connexions,
therefore, you could dispense with the orange, teaspoon and
coin and simply power your electronic clock from your very
own body.
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I'm not sure, but thank you for volunteering to find out. |
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<considers electrochemical series/> |
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Strontium will do for the positive electrode ... [MB], you and Sturton grab his arms ... |
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As far as I'm aware, the natural isotopes of strontium are not
particularly hazardous (no more so than, say, calcium). |
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Also, please don't ask Sturton do anything physical or sudden.
He's still on "those" pills. |
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