Comments on: Light up your room with some citrus http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Sun, 19 May 2013 20:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ap1.myopenid.com http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297931 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297931 I find these “fruit-powered” projects often disguise the creation of energy more than they reveal it. The energy is really stored in the two metal prongs with the lemon just acting as a soup into which they melt. We don’t say that our walkman runs on battery acid. We shouldn’t be trying to tell people that these projects run on fruit. Especially if we’re trying to teach anything about energy production and conservation.

]]> By: anonjohn http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297932 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297932 Yep, I was about to post the same thing. The energy is already there in the metal. Another “artiste” fails 4th grade science. Not surprising.

]]> By: Billy Clinton http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297933 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297933 I like how the apparatus looks like a miniature boob.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297934 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297934 Does it come with a can of Raid to kill the bugs it will attract?

]]> By: BigD145 http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297935 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297935 I see this as a nice example of both wastefulness and second-hand solar energy. That lemon was grown with sunlight, so it’s essentially a living battery. But, that light also looks like a plastic thing that’ll end up polluting the ocean and giving cancer to living organisms.

]]> By: ap1.myopenid.com http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297936 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297936 The lemon’s not a living battery unless you eat it or light it on fire.

]]> By: BigD145 http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297937 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297937 How often do you eat batteries or set them on fire?

]]> By: ap1.myopenid.com http://blog.makezine.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297938 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/light-up-your-room-with-s/#comment-297938 BigD- That’s pretty much the only way to get energy out of a lemon.

My car requires engine oil to run but does not run on engine oil. THIS PROJECT DOES NOT RUN ON LEMONS. THE LEMON IS NOT SERVING AS A BATTERY.

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