Scientists have managed to harness the energy-producing power of hamsters by fitting them with tiny detector jackets.
It would take 1,000 hamsters to generate enough energy to power a mobile phone
Dr Zhong Lin Wang of Georgia University's Nano Research Group developed the flexible jackets, which are fitted with wires plugged into a nanogenerator that produces energy when they are bent and stretched.
"We believe that this is the first demonstration of a live animal producing current with nano-generators," she told The Sun.
Dr Wang added that the technology could be ready to be fitted into clothes within five years. It would capture energy produced not only when humans are active, but also from smaller movements such as when people are sat at computers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/4731679/Hamsters-in-jackets-harnessed-for-energy.html
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/03/10/2511998.htm
http://gizmodo.com/122858/go+go-hamster-power
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