Hasselaar discovers electric wires for the smartphone of the future … (Hasselt)

Diepenbeek / Hasselt –

In the mud of our ponds lives a bacterium that transmits electricity in a biological way. In the future, the cable bacteria could replace the electric wires in our smartphones, physicist Robin Bonné (28) discovered for his PhD at Hasselt University.

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Robin Bonné uses mud from the pond on the university campus in Diepenbeek to burn a light. The cable bacteria that live in it turn out to be biological current conductors. “Cable bacteria do …

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