Virus battery could power Ipods, cars

The date above the article says 03 April. I suspect it was first announced on 01 April, though. I hope so, the idea of a virus in a battery is a bit scary, what if the battery bursts or leaks? Being exposed to a virus may lead to bad things. Very bad things.

I hope so, the idea of a virus in a battery is a bit scary, what if the battery bursts or leaks? Being exposed to a virus may lead to bad things. Very bad things. from the news article: The original virus was common type which infects bacteria but not humans. Well, at least as far as they know right? I can see this headed down the path of smart robots taking over the world. They will infect themselves with this virus and humans will never be able to shut them off. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!

I smell zombie outbreak... on the serious side: that's great but isn't that taking a bit too far?

I smell zombie outbreak... on the serious side: that's great but isn't that taking a bit too far? Battery powered vampires... it's a new concept!

Battery powered vampires... it's a new concept! bet they'll make a new movie or tv series bout this.. ( i hope so, a tv series on zombies.. xD )

from the news article: Well, at least as far as they know right? I can see this headed down the path of smart robots taking over the world. They will infect themselves with this virus and humans will never be able to shut them off. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!! Haha, even so, it was said the same thing with the Titanic and being unsinkable. We all know how that ended up.

Wouldn't that more or less be a Bacteriophage?

That would be exactly a bacteriophage. Which would not be able to infect humans any more than non-mutant bacteriophages can.

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1171541v1

Great! 1000 years ago it was human slave, and 1000 years later we enslaved viruses. ... what could be cooler than that?