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How to charge an iPod with an onion
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I'm not sure what to make of this video. Is it true or false?It describes how to charge an iPod with an onion. The instructions are that you first poke a hole in the onion, then you soak it in an electrolyte solution (Gatorade). Once the onion has soaked up enough of the Gatorade, you simply push the usb adapter of your iPod's power cable into the onion, and according to the guys who made the video "your iPod will power up and it should begin charging."
I'm sure that the onion would generate some electricity. It's the part about sticking the usb adapter directly into the onion that surprised me. Somehow it just seems too easy. And I don't want to potentially ruin my iPod by testing it out.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Nov 27, 2007 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 17
Category: Food, Photos/Videos, Technology
Category: Food, Photos/Videos, Technology
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Its a fake. All the contacts in a USB plug are made of the same metal, so cannot be used to generate electricty by inserting them into an electrolyte.
Posted by cthelmax on Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 01:21 AM
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forums/viewthread/5713/
On that note, I'm going to test this tommorow with my USB light and see if it gets a charge.
Wish me luck!
Posted by DJ_Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 08:35 AM
On that note, I'm going to test this tommorow with my USB light and see if it gets a charge.
Wish me luck!
Darn! I didn't see that it had already been posted in the forum.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 11:17 AM
It's a fake. To conduct electric current you need a circuit from negative to positive (or vice versa depending on how you were trained) and the more electroyte you have between the poles the better. I doubt an onion charged with Gatorade would generate enough current to charge anything.
Posted by Christopher Cole in Tucson, AZ on Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 04:34 PM
[quote=Alex]Darn! I didn't see that it had already been posted in the forum. Not like I really had a proper place to post it except off topic chit chat =)
Guess I shoulda put it in LINKs
Posted by DJ_Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 05:32 PM
Guess I shoulda put it in LINKs
Clearly a fake (as with most videos by that youtube poster). You can see that there is something odd in the way the charging cable coils behind the ipod. This is because there are 2 charging cords, one goes into the onion and then behind the ipod, and the other comes out of the ipod, goes behind it, then down through the book it is sitting on and to a charging port.
Posted by Madisson Marbury on Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 05:13 AM
It's real. The onion is an akaline food. It's basically making a homemade alakine battery.
Posted by Sumuji on Mon Dec 03, 2007 at 06:38 PM
this is fawsome!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by jake in camp crook on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 09:56 AM
this is a bad idea it blew up my ipod and signed my eyebrows off. 
Posted by shad davis in spokane valley on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 11:14 AM
its a lie, i tested it in class, conducts a little bit of electricty, but no where near enough for an ipod
Posted by student in school on Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 09:31 AM
This worked for my friend, I think it depends on the type of electrolyte you're using. Cool post, thanks for sharing.
Posted by Mark Vanderlinden in Ontario, Canada on Wed Feb 06, 2008 at 12:07 PM
you guys are stupid, you have to soak the onion for more than an hour. It works, ive done it many times
Posted by yo on Wed Feb 27, 2008 at 02:53 PM
but can it charge some electrical current at all? plz email me back if you can help
Posted by kosta on Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 07:46 AM
I tried this and it didnt work. i was really excited on doing this for my science fair project. but it didnt work. i used a apple orange AND an onion and it didnt work
Posted by lauren on Sat Jun 07, 2008 at 11:46 AM
What The F!!! Do You PPL Even Know What an electrolyte is? I think gatorade made it up.
Posted by romario on Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 01:02 PM
Heyy i'm gunna do this for my Science Fair project, cause it seems interesting... I really hope it works, and my Dad will sew you if it doesn't! jk, but he said it works, so i hope it does... Thanks for the video!!
-Si.
Posted by Sii in my computer on Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 08:58 AM
Thanks for the video!!-Si.
We are trying this experiment out for our Chemistry class. We hope it works. We will let you know what our results are.
love optimists. =]
Posted by Hali and Tatum in Colorado on Tue Nov 18, 2008 at 12:10 PM
love optimists. =]
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