[CaliRanger]

I don't have an iPod and the mp3 I runs on one AAA battery. If I had an iPod I would seriously try it just as long as I had a back up USB.

[stav]

Thats the problem for me Ranger, I don't have a backup usb cable, or I would try it.

[Brendan]

Wow that is definately very cool. I'll make sure to tell all of my friends about this too!

[mollyL]

Now every time I am in the kitchen peeling onions for a meal I can't stop thinking about charging with onions, and then my imagination starts to wander. How many onions would it take to charge a hybrid car? Who could peel that many onions, who could withstand the tears of that many onions...well, you get my drift. Speaking of onions, here's a good trick to get the onion smell off your hands after peeling and/or chopping, take one of your butter knives, turn on your tap and run the knife all over your hands while under the tap, and it will take care of the onion smell. Don't know why it works, but it does.
Now I really must get onions off my mind!!!

[stav]

So, still got nobody who has tried this yet then?

Is this the green equivilent of an urban myth?

[atula]

Is this for real...I mean my husband has an ipod that he is very possesive about...I really would want to have my facts right before handing him the onion you know!

[GreenTomThumb]

Yeah it does work.

YouTube - How to Charge an iPod using electrolytes and an onion

Check it out!

[stav]

LOL! Thanks tom.... household hacker is a star! Still doesn't tell you whether using your ipod cable in this way, means it is ruined for ordinary use...

[GreenDude]

Part of wants to give this a try, but I'm a little skeptical. frying the onion would be one thing but frying my ipod doesn't sound too good! lol

[stav]

I'm afraid i never got up the nerve to try this myself.. like Greendude, 'frying' my ipod was a big concern that hasn't really been answered.