Meet The Man Who Uses Onions To Power His iPod

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Monday, May 30, 2011, 16:11

Owen Louis, 21 from Portsmouth is all for saving the environment and he means what he says – atleast by one religious practice that he follows everyday. He powers his iPod with onions soaked in an energy drink solution.

Owen, was worried about the amount of electricity his mp3 player used, so he decided to use the vegetables to power up his device.

Owen Louis' technique involved boring two holes in an onion, soaking it in an energy drink (like Gatorade) then sticking a USB cable into it, and device enables him to charge his iPod for an hour.

Metro.co.uk quoted him as saying, "I was watching TV with my laptop on and my iPod playing and thought, 'How much electricity must I be using?'A friend showed me the experiment as a laugh but I thought it was the greatest thing I have ever seen, and do it religiously every day."

This unique method is a foolproof way of staying green as the onion decomposes and the drink bottle can be recycled once finished with. However the only problem is one would have no control over how long it may work for and it can be really messy and smelly

Almost all vegetables could power iPods as they contain ions, which react with energy drinks to create a charge. A research states that simple, low-power batteries can be made using common household ingredients such as a copper coin, a lemon and a galvanized nail. Several lemon batteries hooked up in series can produce enough electricity to light a small LED.