Nanotechnology brings innovative green energy for tomorrow's robots and microchips.
"Researchers have created leaf-shaped “power plants” that generate electricity from wind and rain, offering a new multi-source approach to clean energy production. Credit: SciTechDaily.com" (ScitechDaily, Scientists Develop Literal “Power Plants” That Harness Energy From Wind and Rain)
Maybe tomorrow's robots eat the organic waste. The idea is that the robot pulls organic waste into the tank. And then, the bacteria form the methane in that tank. Then the filter system removes carbon from methane.
There are also plans to use the methane-producing bacteria to make methane gas in synthetic stomachs. The bacteria that produce methane will be in the tank. And then, that gas can transport through carbon filters to fuel cells. The carbon filters can remove carbon from methane, which bacteria produce in the natural rotting process.
Genetic engineering makes it possible to create vegetables that produce methane and oxygen. That thing can improve methane production. A methane-oxygen mixture is suitable for rocket fuel, And that mixture can used in the fuel cells. In some models, there is another greenhouse that produces methane. And oxygen is produced in another greenhouse. That thing can produce methane and oxygen for rockets that operate as ferries between the Moon and Earth.
The biological power source could be excellent for that thing. The electric cells can also used in electrolytic processes. That can break water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
Above SpaceX's moonbase alpha concept.
Things like bacteria that create electricity can be used as the power source for nano-size machines and microchips.
Researchers have developed new nanotechnical generators that can harvest energy from plants. The idea is that on the plant's leaves are small generators. Those nano-sized generators can look like miniature water mills. And when water flows on the leaves. It puts those generators flow.
In another model, those nano-sized generators are in the plant's water veins. And that thing can bring electricity to nano-size microchips. That is one way to make "power plants". Those ultra-small power plants can deliver energy for nano-size microchips and nanomachines that observe those plant's growth. But the network of those small microchips can also operate as one large computer. Maybe this kind of system opens the path to green computing and robotics.
The organic version of that kind of thing is like power lichen. In that artificial organism is the plant cell. And cell that produces energy. Things like electric eel cells are promising tools for those systems. In the most advanced models. The plant's cell can feed the living neuron. And the nanotechnical microchip. That is required to encode information that travels between neurons and non-organic parts of the system.
But in some other models, genetic engineering makes it possible to connect electric eel's electric cells. The electric-producing cell can get its nutrients from the plant's cell. That hybrid organism can used to make electricity for some computers and small robots. A large number of nano-size microchips can replace one large central calculation unit. The biological energy supply for those systems is one of the most interesting things in the world.
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