Algae-powered microprocessor
Engineers from the University of Cambridge, Arm Research, Scottish Association for Marine Science, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power an Arm Cortex M0+ microprocessor continuously for over a year.
The algae, Synechocystis, is non-toxic and harvests energy from photosynthesis. The tiny electri...
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