- Tue May 10, 2016 7:09 pm
#262154
There's video going around advertising a product called Bioo Lite that is a potted plant with a USB charger built in that can supposedly charge your phone from energy produced by the plant:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1p32B-pqk[/youtube]
At first I thought it sounded like marketing BS and what was really happening was it was just using the fertilized soil as an electrolyte to generate a current so it really had nothing to do with the plant at all. But then I saw this video with a little more detail:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5APfpfyrRNg[/youtube]
Any insight on what this "waste" produced by the roots is and what the microorganisms might be? I've heard of roots exuding extra hydrogen as well as compounds to fend off pests and fungus. I'm not sure it would be "without harm" to the plant if microorganisms were eating the latter.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1p32B-pqk[/youtube]
At first I thought it sounded like marketing BS and what was really happening was it was just using the fertilized soil as an electrolyte to generate a current so it really had nothing to do with the plant at all. But then I saw this video with a little more detail:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5APfpfyrRNg[/youtube]
Any insight on what this "waste" produced by the roots is and what the microorganisms might be? I've heard of roots exuding extra hydrogen as well as compounds to fend off pests and fungus. I'm not sure it would be "without harm" to the plant if microorganisms were eating the latter.
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