Green Options » charge up http://greenoptions.com/tag/charge-up Posts tagged 'charge up' Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Music Fan Charges iPod With an Onion http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/24/music-fan-charges-ipod-with-an-onion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/24/music-fan-charges-ipod-with-an-onion/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:00:10 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/24/music-fan-charges-ipod-with-an-onion/

Music fan Owen Louis was so concerned about the amount of energy used up by his iPod, that he figured out a way of charging it up … with nothing more than an onion.

Louis, 21, from Portsmouth in the UK, makes two holes in an onion, before soaking it in an everyday energy drink and connecting it to his MP3 via a standard USB cable. Incredibly, the technique (video) enables him to charge his iPod for a full hour. According to Louis, “A friend showed me the experiment as a laugh but I thought it was the greatest thing I have ever seen, and do it religiously every day.”

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