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A green alga cell can swim 100 microns per second. Scientists put little baskets on a wheel. As algae became trapped, they pushed and spun the wheel around.
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This is from a new paper in the journal Small.

Hook those up to tiny power generators and toss 'em in Floridian waterways during toxic algal blooms

Was the purpose to make a measurement of force? Or just for fun?

You can calculate the force of swimming using some basic estimates on paper. The paper claims this is to make "biohybrid devices," but for now, it seems more for fun than anything.

Giving algae cells little algae baskets as a treat

Copper nanotubes, fitted in a battery cell with billions of these spinners + algae for spin power. Bio battery 🔋

Does it scale?

💀this reminds me of that Rick & Morty episode where they created a universe with micro humans to generate power and then that universe did the same and none of them knew someone bigger was using them.

