Comments on: Batteries built by viruses http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 14:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Uhclem http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458761 Uhclem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458761 Causing innocent viri to electrocute themselves. Those bastids. Causing innocent viri to electrocute themselves. Those bastids.

]]> By: rationalist http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458775 rationalist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458775 Gives new meaning to the term, viral torture. Gives new meaning to the term, viral torture.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458782 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458782 <blockquote>Gold from snot ?</blockquote> I'm fine for now, thanks.

Gold from snot ?

I’m fine for now, thanks.

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458784 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458784 Plus, besides anodes and cathodes, they can make tiny little corn (that won't cut you if you don't chew it enough)! Plus, besides anodes and cathodes, they can make tiny little corn (that won’t cut you if you don’t chew it enough)!

]]> By: MichaelRN http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458788 MichaelRN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458788 Nice. If a virus can make a battery, think of the other things a virus can be taught to do, like work at the helpdesk for the phone company. Nice. If a virus can make a battery, think of the other things a virus can be taught to do, like work at the helpdesk for the phone company.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458796 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458796 As I said on my blog when I posted this the other night: "This is how teh Zombie Plague starts." As I said on my blog when I posted this the other night: “This is how teh Zombie Plague starts.”

]]> By: CapnSoggy http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458810 CapnSoggy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458810 I, for one, worship our new all powerful mutant virus overlords. You just know it will be the intellectual property rights protecting genetic engineering that will lead to the terrible mutant scourge on the earth. I, for one, worship our new all powerful mutant virus overlords.
You just know it will be the intellectual property rights protecting genetic engineering that will lead to the terrible mutant scourge on the earth.

]]> By: Scuba SM http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458819 Scuba SM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458819 Capn Soggy, I think you have yourself the framework for an awesome sci-fi novel. Capn Soggy,

I think you have yourself the framework for an awesome sci-fi novel.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458835 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458835 The future is going to be *so* cool. The future is going to be *so* cool.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458850 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458850 you laugh now,but wait til your battery gets a cold. you laugh now,but wait til your battery gets a cold.

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458857 Aloisius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458857 Using phages to make batteries is pretty cool, but I really wish we'd start using them for the more mundane task of treating some common illnesses. It is weird to think that if I have an antibiotic resistant form of staph that I'd have to travel to Russia of all places to keep them from chopping my leg off. Using phages to make batteries is pretty cool, but I really wish we’d start using them for the more mundane task of treating some common illnesses.

It is weird to think that if I have an antibiotic resistant form of staph that I’d have to travel to Russia of all places to keep them from chopping my leg off.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458858 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458858 If you could get "gold from snot?" it would give a whole new meaning too someone picking their nose. if asked if they were "digging for gold?" they could say yeah! If you could get “gold from snot?” it would give a whole new meaning too someone picking their nose. if asked if they were “digging for gold?” they could say yeah!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458860 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458860 Russia? Russia?

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458863 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458863 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy">Phage therapy</a> Yeah, Russia. The Soviets were the only ones to pursue the technology after it was supplanted by antibiotics. Of course, the rest of the world has started taking notice, but it will be years before it's approved for human use outside of Russia. Phage therapy
Yeah, Russia.

The Soviets were the only ones to pursue the technology after it was supplanted by antibiotics. Of course, the rest of the world has started taking notice, but it will be years before it’s approved for human use outside of Russia.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458875 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458875 the singularity is near the singularity is near

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-589692 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589692 Dear (br) HotPepperMan(/br), This is Lawrence here. apparently Im doing a assignment on bug built batteries and I would like to ask you for some questions on the topic. Would you mind to give me your hotmail address ? I really need someone to give me some comments too. Regards Lawrence <!-- (lawrence_yang_chun_chin@hotmail.com) --> [e-mail redacted] Dear (br) HotPepperMan(/br),

This is Lawrence here. apparently Im doing a assignment on bug built batteries and I would like to ask you for some questions on the topic. Would you mind to give me your hotmail address ? I really need someone to give me some comments too.

Regards
Lawrence [e-mail redacted]

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-459680 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459680 For those of you worried, you should know that if you eat processed deli meat or hot dogs you're eating phage by the billions already-it is a food additive to control Listeria. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2007/107_virus.html For those of you worried, you should know that if you eat processed deli meat or hot dogs you’re eating phage by the billions already-it is a food additive to control Listeria.

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2007/107_virus.html

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458678 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458678 cool! one day, pathogens that power themselves without eating! cool! one day, pathogens that power themselves without eating!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458683 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458683 Wow, a virus that can infect you AND your computer! Wow, a virus that can infect you AND your computer!

]]> By: Duffong http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458689 Duffong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458689 Good thing I'm reading up on my Zombie survival guide for when this thing mutates and infects the electrical impulses in our brain. Good thing I’m reading up on my Zombie survival guide for when this thing mutates and infects the electrical impulses in our brain.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458946 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458946 @21 Interesting link on Phage therapy. Its a shame its not being approved around the world as it could be used to treat the increasing problem of MRSA. @21 Interesting link on Phage therapy. Its a shame its not being approved around the world as it could be used to treat the increasing problem of MRSA.

]]> By: Chad http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458692 Chad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458692 9th grade me was beyond excited when issue #0 of Ironman described Tony Stark's suit being built by this very same biological process. Microscopic layers of battery and armor were layed down by bacteria into an interlocking flexible honeycomb. That was in the early 90s. When did science start think of assembling materials this way? 9th grade me was beyond excited when issue #0 of Ironman described Tony Stark’s suit being built by this very same biological process. Microscopic layers of battery and armor were layed down by bacteria into an interlocking flexible honeycomb. That was in the early 90s. When did science start think of assembling materials this way?

]]> By: HotPepperMan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458972 HotPepperMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458972 My wife is currently editing a huge book on nano-tech. People simply do not realise the extent of development, the inventions already in the pipeline, the products on there way to market, and the medical/healing implications. I have sat opposite her while she has been editing and watched and heard some of the amazing things that are under and on the way... Prepare to be totally amazed in the coming 5 years or so. I am just in awe regarding the things that I have learned in the past few weeks. My wife is currently editing a huge book on nano-tech. People simply do not realise the extent of development, the inventions already in the pipeline, the products on there way to market, and the medical/healing implications. I have sat opposite her while she has been editing and watched and heard some of the amazing things that are under and on the way…

Prepare to be totally amazed in the coming 5 years or so. I am just in awe regarding the things that I have learned in the past few weeks.

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458719 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458719 I wonder how they manage with things like sterility? These guys can't be too competitive, being covered in iron phosphate and all. Oh, and find the <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1171541">actual report in Science Mag here</a>, as well as the <a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sciencenow;2009/403/1">full paper (requires subscription)</a>. I wonder how they manage with things like sterility? These guys can’t be too competitive, being covered in iron phosphate and all.

Oh, and find the actual report in Science Mag here, as well as the full paper (requires subscription).

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458982 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458982 mmph, thanks Kieran, I remember vaguely reading about it, very interesting to know more. Lots of therapies out there that don't get a fair hearing due to cultural stupidity. Frinstance: heard of fecal transplant to beat c.difficile? mmph, thanks Kieran, I remember vaguely reading about it, very interesting to know more. Lots of therapies out there that don’t get a fair hearing due to cultural stupidity. Frinstance: heard of fecal transplant to beat c.difficile?

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458736 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458736 Gold from snot ? Gold from snot ?

]]> By: failix http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-458746 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-458746 Reminds me of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuuzhan_Vong">Yuuzhan Vong</a>... pretty cool. :) Reminds me of the Yuuzhan Vong… pretty cool. :)

]]> By: airshowfan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/07/batteries-built-by-v.html#comment-459517 airshowfan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459517 HotPepperMan, for about 20 years people have been saying that nanotech will be huge and amazing "5 years from now". This has caused me to become a little more cynical and skeptical than maybe I should be. Like any techie, I agree that the possibilities sound really cool, and I can't wait for nano inventions to be a part of my life. I just no longer believe it when people say that'll be "in just a few years" (which is not to say you're wrong. Maybe you're right. I hope you're right. But I'm not holding my breath). HotPepperMan, for about 20 years people have been saying that nanotech will be huge and amazing “5 years from now”. This has caused me to become a little more cynical and skeptical than maybe I should be. Like any techie, I agree that the possibilities sound really cool, and I can’t wait for nano inventions to be a part of my life. I just no longer believe it when people say that’ll be “in just a few years” (which is not to say you’re wrong. Maybe you’re right. I hope you’re right. But I’m not holding my breath).

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