Computers Go Organic

Popeye always knew spinach was an excellent energy source and now computer developers agree.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Tennessee and the US Naval Research Laboratory have developed a spinach-based material to coat portable computers and mobile phones.

The aim: for the electrical devices to recharge themselves from sunlight, similar to the way plants use clorophyll to convert light into energy. What's next? Carrots? (Well..carats actually). A team at California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is investigating using diamonds to replace less-resilient silicon chips.

Diamonds are already widely used in manufacturing because of their toughness and heat resistance and could break this impeding computer barrier withing then years.

You might need to add some extra zeroes onto the price of your PC, though.