Citrus gadgets

"When life gives you a lemon, make lemonade" — once shared with the Council of Dale Carnegie.

You can use it in different ways: to start a massive campaign for greening of the city, as Joshua Smith, or prepare a vitamin drink in the literal sense. In addition, lemon and lime can be used as environmentally friendly cleaning agent, but this is not the whole benefit that can be squeezed out of the juicy fruit.





Appeared in stores watch the calendar does not need electricity from the network because they are used as the batteries only fresh fruit. The more acid in them, the better – so lemons, grapefruits and other citrus fruits are the perfect power base for the device. However, the clock will delight fans of unusual and environmentally friendly and with the participation of other fruits and vegetables: Apple, pear, banana, tomato and even potatoes. The kit includes displaying information compact digital module (length — 6.5 cm), and metallic needles for connecting with a fruit base, plus stand. The price of this fun and economical gadget is from 15 to 19 dollars.





This "Citrus Clock" from the international design Studio Anna Graham (Anna Gram). Citrus hours a week can work from one lemon: just give them a slice of fruit when brewing your own tea. According to the idea of the author, the standard process of electrolysis is little remarkable in itself, but combined with the fruit it reminds people about the energy potential of the food they consume.





One, two, three – light, burn!

If so, you can use the lemon to charge the watch, then why not include a led light bulb? In 1802 G. Ritter opened that the two copper plates dipped in acid and connected with a galvanic battery, charged and then they can in a short time to use as a constant current source. So in the event of a power outage keep the refrigerator lemon, and stock up on two pieces of insulated copper wire (thickness of 0.2 — 0.5 mm and a length of 10 cm) steel with an opened paper clip and the led (or you can borrow honey from a flashlight).





We clean the opposite ends of the wire at a distance of 2-3 cm put in the lemon with a paper clip and bolted it to one end of the wire. Within a couple of inches from the clip, stick the end of the second wire. Two loose ends of the wires attached to the contacts of the bulb. If the bulb still does not light, you need to take a few lemons and connect them together, a kind of Christmas garland lemon!

        


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