Thank you Rob! This explains why electroculture works when growing plants. I have been experimenting with it in my small garden and noticed that it worked much better when the soil was damp. I use copper wire, so it seems I am only mimicking what the bacteria are doing. Your channel is GOLD! Cheers.
I've always laughed NOT at the experiments around electricity and germination and growth/yield, but the stigma and push back aimed at it. The big old dolmens scattered around the world, big boulder resting on a few chunks of granite. We know electricity "fixes" nitrogen, and we know there are tidal effects, and piezoelectric, but yet it's just all hocus pocus. More to this world than we'll figure out.
you only ever mimic what nature is doing , and electroculture works with all potentials . Light , material but also shapes like Pyramids . Then it got "nothing" to do with bacteria . It's most likely like with lattices reacting with the schuman resonance which is also "quintessential" for life . And you create life Abiogenesis of Acari by doing this . Prof Montagnier Nobel Laureate used the schumann 7.83 to make DNA rebuild itself and faster when using a PCR test .... what its made for not Con Vid
IF you use Copper you kill the bacteria btw and your plants yet get a potential 😉!!! and nickle on the other side also .... Only Gold and Silver will have a positive effect on microbiology. Also it works with magnets , Pyramids , Lakhovsky coils , Biogeometry .. without touching the ground soil and bacteria , that electroculture also
want to learn some more also @robertmurraysmith Bacteria are superconducting .... and from them also comes "Biological transmutation" aka Alchemy . There are 100's of Patents many from soviet days describing how to transmutate "heavy metals and even radiocative metals " ( aprt from brownsgas between to conductive plates which was shown to congress men ) But how will Rob grasp that ... even if mitsubishi heavy metal industry already has a fuel cell for 22 !!!! years transmutating one Metal to another . boooooom .... thats research Rob can't comprehend and decades of research and "listening" to smarter people than oneself
I know right, like for example, we can use these electric bacteria inside microbial fuel cells to make a plant battery generator. A potted plant that can run a grow light LED for itself.
Soil science is fascinating. Some of the most interesting discoveries were only made back in the 80’s such as symbiotic relationships between bacteria and mycelium. I’ve studied this a fair bit and apply a lot of the science to our gardens here. I came to your channel as I wanted to learn more about generating electricity, never imagined there would be a perfect cross over :)
It´s likely te be connected with those fungi in some form. It´s those microorganisms that break down and "feed" the roots of plants with minerals, the plants give them sugars through their roots in return. At least that is how i understood it.
This is the part that just amazes me about living on planet earth. Every time you think you know it all you find out how little you actually and truly know. That is why living on MOTHER EARTH is so great and special. Thank you Robert for giving me more incentive to think outside the box even more.
I just watch a doctor speaking on ATP cycle and electrons on our bodies and how diet effects the process. It was interesting to hear, he broke it down a bit. Nice to see others are learning about this cycle also.
Yet again another upload close to me personally and professionally, this one in particular due to an experience/observation at work 11 years ago. Absolutely love your uploads rob 👍
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this. I remember the sense of wonder I felt when I first saw an animation of how an electron pump works in our bodies. Absolutely astonishing to me how a bunch of proteins can physically channel electrons or protons or ions from one side of a membrane to another. I didn't expect to hear about them in bacteria, but I should have...
It ties a lot of ideas together. Acid (ph) .. either in our mouth, stomach, soil .. or in a battery is can be changed with Baking Soda .. alkaline (ph) .. affecting things like cold sores in the mouth, ulcers in the stomach, cancer .. or like how plants like blueberries need more acid in the soil for good root growth. I suspect that what you are also getting at has to do with the mycelium of mushrooms .. connecting tree roots to nutrients in the soil. Good bacterial life is in good compost pile.
It's actually the bacteria. The bacteria themselves are electric, the fungi are just conductors. The bacteria generate the electricity by means of their biology.
Just reminds us no body knows everything, never dismiss an idea, and don’t be surprised know matter how surprising something is that you are told. All the best. 👍🐝🌞
I know right, like being told there is no such thing as energy based organisms.... Imagine what these electric bacteria can look like after a few million years of evolution?
Absolutely true!...while watching this, my 1st thought was how much this bacteria reminded me of spider-web's, which immediately brought me to, i wonder if anyone has ever tested spider-web's with electrical current!...i know silk from the silk worm is a type of conductor, you can use it to magnetize pin's, needle's, paperclip's and thing's like that!...so if silk from a silk worm can carry a current, then maybe spider silk can too!...also thought about how fireflie's/lightning bug's can light up, can they also produce an electrical charge?
@Robert Murray-Smith. Thank you for sending this update! It was very timely, the last few days I began thinking about that very video you did and revisited the page to take notes and read through the comments.. I wonder how much the microorganisms of the soil was playing a part in the phenomenon when I saw your soil battery above ground in the follow up video. Thank you for sharing your research, it feels like it's coming together!
Super fascinating! I've been planning on putting in an earth batter out on my remote property to power a small cabin. I always assumed that earth batteries functioned in a similar way that microbial fuel cells do. This information seems to support my hypothesis.
That is absolutely fascinating! I knew about the process in our own bodies through my previous work on meat curing and ageing, but these bacteria are incredbile! Thanks Rob :)
I look forward to these video every day, and you NEVER disappoint. I believe that three types doing three different things is actually a benefit, and necessary. Let's classify them as Eaters (anode), Makers (cathode), and Connectors (wiring). 1) Find out which soil (medium) each one prefers, and construct a circular plot of land. - The outside border of this circle will be filled Makers medium (+) - The area between the outside and center are filled with the Connectors medium (N) 2) In the center you have that electrode with a small voltage applied, here is where all of these (electron eating) bacteria will collect, and continue to collect. This (should) result in an ever growing (capacity wise) anode in the center. 3) Then scale out your outer circle as necessary to increase capacity with ever increasing bacteria life. THIS IS SO INTERESTING TO ME!! Condo life stinks, I need some land haha.
you can also power an earth battery with the acoustic energy of infrasound in the ground. i made a video of one with a gold enamel glass and quartz powder with nanopyrite
To help power equipment in outer space: 'BATTERYLESS BATTERIES': (copy and paste from my files): Potential endless energy source basically anywhere in this universe: a. Small aluminum cones with an electrical wire running through the center of the cones, cones spaced apart (not touching I'm thinking) but end to end. b. Electromagentic radiation energy in the atmosphere interacts with the aluminum cones. c. Jostled atoms and molecules in the cone eventually have some electrons try to get away from other electrons of which those electrons gather at the larger end of the cone, of which also creates an area of positive charge at the smaller end of the cone. d. The electron's in the wire are attracted to the positive end of the cone and the positive 'end' in the wire are attracted to the negatively charged end of the cone. e. Basically a 'battery' has been created inside the electrical wire itself, different areas of electrical potential. Basically a 'wire battery' or a 'batteryless battery', however one wanted to call it. f. Numerous cones placed end to end increases the number of 'batteries' in the wire. (In series to increase voltage, in parallel to increase amperage). * Via QED (Quantum Electro Dynamics) whereby electromagnetism interacts with electrons in atoms and molecules, one would have to find the correct 'em' frequency for the correct material being utilized for the cones. The shape of the cones could also come into play. The type and size of the wire as well as the type and thickness of the insulation between the cones and the wire would also be factors. * Of course also, possibly 2D triangles made up of certain materials with a conductor going down through the center of the triangle could possible achieve the same 'batteryless' battery system. * Plus possibly with the 2D concept, layered 2D's that absorb different energy frequencies, thereby increasing the net output.
That is INCREDIBLE! God's creation is so amazing. How much more The Creator Himself. And if we think we know it all, we are fools. Thank you for sharing :)
My current research involves generating and measuring telluric currents. I would say its probably all 3 galvanic, bacteria, and tellurics. Telluric currents are mainly alternating and their frequency components are from about 6-7Hz to grid frequency (with the power grid contributing quite a bit due to 3-phase line imbalances). The earth battery stuff is probably more galvanic/bacteria since it is DC, with a little telluric.
Fascinating. Sitting here with my first cup of coffee (when I usually watch the new, and older, video) and now contemplating the spot of wet ground behind the house. I'm guessing that after the spring thaw, I'll be starting another experiment.
If I ever feel depressed, all I need to do is watch a video or two by Robert Murray-Smith. His genuine joy and enthusiasm is contagious. In short order, the wonder at everyday physics & chemistry is reawakened. He skips all the expensive, high-precision stuff and walks you through some absolutely astonishing concepts, some even you can quickly build at home! Not all the great research breakthroughs happen in specialized laboratories. It feels as if the Age of Joseph Priestley and Alessandro Volta is just waiting to be reborn.
That was an incredible video! I've gotta quit watching this kinda stuff before bedtime because, I seriously doubt that my curious brain is even gonna think about sleeping tonight. MUST LEARN MORE.....I'll have to call-in on Monday and tell my boss that I seriously strained my brain. Thank you, Rob.
In 5 years time we will find out its actually a team of electrician mites that live on the back of the bacteria that builds these wires. Thanks for the upload Rob.
Beautiful explanation, and thank you so much for sharing the latest research, along with your hypothesis! Regarding "an organism that does all three (produce, transport, consume free electrons directly)" - it might be that those three varieties are simply working together as a team! "Bio-Films" are collections of completely distinct bacterial strains which, when triggered by each others' chemical signals, will glom-together and collaborate, turning genes 'on' which were previously silent, to form vascular structures and defenses! I wouldn't be surprised if living soil was conducting; even a modest day/night 'telluric current' would feed those anaerobic microbes a lot of calories, compared to their usually slow digestion.
cheers mate you just blew my brain cells with this bacteria. I always thought human species originated from bacteria and now electricity producing bacteria is keeping me awake now.
Well they say that mycelium is the internet of the forest and there is plenty of information about trees being able to communicate to warn other trees of disease in an effort develop a chemical to nullify it contracting enemy further ! I find that to be rather interesting that we can grow wires ! 👍🏻
I have to admit I fell into the group that doesn't care how it works but only because I couldn't get any solid information from the other two groups. The bateria is very interesting on its own.
There are many research papers out now on the types of electric bacteria and even on RUclips, the Scishow Channel has a video on electric bacteria as well.
Thanks a lot Rob! I just grew a bunch in my kitchen sink and electrocuted myself while experimenting. These are dangerous!! Really though. Fascinating!
Well... I just learned something new. This explains a lot about why the Incas and other un-westernized cultures did their agriculture the way they did!
It was meant to be.... This is the best introduction to microbial fuel cells, ones that can power devices such as grow light LEDs and so much more like living batteries.
I work with a group of researchers, whom collectively have performed thousands of Earth Battery experiments: 1) galvanic action CAN occur, particularly when using different metals. 2) “Telluric Currents” or some theorize an electrical gradient as a result of the power grid, or other theories MAY be am answer to the devices that are NOT galvanic. (ones made using carbon or material pairs that do not corrode) 3) The new possibilities you have presented, being organisms that generate electricity: is very intriguing and has this far not been looked into. If this turned out to be a true cause, that means colonies of these creatures could be made into portable organic power sources!
Always wonderful videos sir when I think of Earth batteries I think of Nathan stubblefield Blessings to you and yours coming at you from Southern Oregon
Partially correct, bug the biom itself is subject to a rise and fall of its bloom with fair weather and moisture, etc. There are other important elements to the story. One I am sure which was mentioned is the Schumann Effect, but this is really not the cause of the electrical presence in the soil, it speaks of the method of measuring one or two of the five major reasons for the phenomenon. When the soil biology is eliminated from the equation, by taking a sizable bed of the stuff into a Gamma sterilizer, which has no effect on moisture and content of the soil, only that it kills off all of the possibilities of algae and bacterium being present and active in the sample. What is left in a half meter cubic sample of average soil is the interaction of chemical action by the presence of alkaloids and any of the many chemicals and elemental metals in the soil sample. when sampled there is still a Schumann response of fractions of a volt and upward to several volts measurable in the sample, resting in a plastic tub on a table. There are other causes present here that were explored in my lab and others and the next tests were conducted with the electrodes and portable recording equipment enclosed in a metal box that was placed in a Faraday cage to eliminate any direct or indirect readings from radio waves and atmospheric static electricity. Findings: With the living sample tested in situ of an average soil type from a growing garden, the highest readings were agreeably from this rest. Once the soil was placed in a container and compacted to the same relative density as in the garden, There was only a small reduction in the voltage. After the sample was sterilized there was a 1/3 reduction in the sample. voltage Inside the isolation and dampening cage the final reading was down to 1/4 of the first reading in the garden. The only test that was not covered was how cosmic rays which collide and some pass through the Earth constantly may effect the reading. Through many variations of these studies (I have studied atmospheric and ground effect energy readings for over 50 years - not a novice) there appeared to be a pattern of these micro amp voltage readings we can all find and wonder about. One issue that is little understood by most researchers is the antenna affect of the ground probe, which can be compared with the probe held in the air with a grounding probe in the soil before this is inserted into the sample. This doesn't tell you all of the answers, because the probe will also read the received power from sunlight as well as the multiple static from ground effect and the energy from various radio signals in the area. Only from careful study to distinguish and isolate these various power sources is their important known. I bring this up primarily for clarity, but also to explain the design characteristics of the probes I currently make which are part direct probe in contact with the soil, but also part antenna coil that receive the low frequency harmonics from the Earth itself, as well as the various higher frequency up to sub-microwave receivers, each type fed into a small circuit at the top of the probe. I use 3/8" (9mm) diameter oak down material that has a ground tap at the lower end and is buried, instead of driven into the ground, and wired in rows. I also wish to point out that all sizable stones are removed before the soil is filled around the antenna probes, the presence of small and large rocks all diminish the quality of energy gleaned from the device. No, I don't have this method of gleaning and rectifying power from the soil on video, but I will do that later in the year.
This study sounds incredible and I love the approach and the addition of the variable not accounted for. Could it be possible, that by removing the chunk of earth, and disconnecting it from whatever it may have been connected too colony wise, and factoring in time delays between tests, could it possibly be voltage loss from whatever charge is contained in the surrounding elements etc depleting much faster as its no longer connected to a larger reservoir of interconnected amps?
@@murray.sojourner Good questions. Yes, it does matter where the receiver is planted. Extremely dry desert with high salts or alkalinity do kill off a variety of symbiotic organism or limits the extent of the colony type, and moisture content is important but not a key factor. Good clear earth, connected to the Earth, low stone and sand, low clay also, which is basically good farming type land, makes the best beds for gangs of receivers of any kind. Understanding how capacitors and diodes as well as transistors operate is also a necessary point to understand how to gang connect them to increase the amperage and voltage. Out of a 1/4 acre back section of my lot I have 350 receivers producing 10 to 15 volts and sustaining a 30 arm solar charger for a deep cell battery system. This will operate a few lights and a refrigerator, for backup, but unfortunately not enough to sustain my all electric house and shop with 15KW of energy. For the heavy charging I have solar and wind, and the earth generated power adds a small amount day and night when the others may be idle. Hope this is helpful. I will do a video later this year once I catch up with necessary projects here and will share it with Robert Murray as well. I want us all off0grid and living sustainably.
@Rob Gad i would be very curious to know how that constant earth energy wattage applied to a sand battery element would work, you could convert that small wattage into a good build-up of heat for a sterling perhaps and hot water. And I couldn't agree more!
@@murray.sojourner A "sand battery" is just a heat storage space that has to be piped and use the heat to turn a turbine or something else to generate electricity during the night when solar or wind is not generating power. I prefer the water storage system, pump it into a high tank and release it to the turbine when you need it, into a low tank and transfer the water to the top tank when you have excess power.
@@robgad2271 Completely fair enough :) I have neither height nor space to work with, but i intend on using a sand battery on the houseboat and have it take excess charge from solar wind hydro and teg. will use it for my hot water, and climate control via ducting, and will run a sterling on top connected to a levitating flywheel for my nighttime power, getting some help designing it now!
Right! I found in the mid 90s at the institute for bacteriology in Hannover that sulfate reducing bacteria (Desulfovibrio spec.) are able to transfer electrons directly from the substrate to conductive surfaces. Unfortunately nobody was interested in this. On the other hand it´s known that bacteria can get electrons from conductive surfaces and reduce oxygen - so you have all components to realize a "biovoltaic-battery" from anaerobic soil and air.
Electric cells using living things to make electricity are known as " bug " batteries ( the first ones were made from houseflies ). They have been made from pond mud and even houseplants where a steel needle is stuck in the plant and one in the soil ( an upgrade would be using platinum coated ones).
I was wondering why the TV remote control was not working… heard noises and found Shewanella munching on the battery! 😂 Sorry couldn’t help it LOL Seriously now, very interesting topic. Thanks for sharing Rob!
The collective wants you to know there's is still more to this story.... Imagine what these electric bacteria can look like after millions of years of evolution? Sentient energy based organisms
I love all of these generator ideas! It seems like you are getting ready to start testing which ones can have the most effect soon... Is there a way you could come up with a different output option to show that your creations do indeed work besides an led light bulb like a resistance heater or something that might show which options are the most promising right away... I feel like LED lights are so bright and easy to power its hard to Guage when something works OK and when something is really cranking out sustained power... I have been playing with self powered woodstove fans and that could drive multiple wind turbines away from tge heat as well as it being its own heat driven turbine... thank you for all the amazing ideas. Inspiring always!!!!🥂✨️🙏✨️
Yes!!! Do it! Check it out, there are electric bacteria on rocks, on trees, on everything. Leave a batter out in the open in the field and electric bacteria will colonize each pole. You might need a microscope though, not a multimeter.
Using your graphene coated conductive sand could be useful in a microbial fuel cell. Sand promotes bacteria when mixed in soil and the conductivity can be used to increase the cells conductivity.
Also mixing carbon black and graphene nano particles into the soil can also increase cell performance and the bacteria and fungi can incorporate it into their biofilm and nano wire increasing the electron transport potential. The only thing holding MFCs back from waste water cleaning is the anode performance. Perhaps using a kite to harness the negative potential of the atmosphere could help.
I read something about this a rew months ago and wondered if bacteria formed a part of this. Look at mushrooms that form a family of mushrooms connected over an area of interconnected spores, isn't that a sort of circuit?
I have just been reading papers about Bacteria communicating within themselves. Perhaps if we learn the language and ask them nicely we could persuade them to supply us with electricity! ;-)
How many would you need to produce 1mWh, now if they could charge my 9.8kWh battery at night that would be great. I've got an aaa battery some wire and a plant pot so I'm off on the hunt:-)
Thanks Rob, I wonder if these bacterial colonies could be used to breakdown plastic waste. Plastics are a carbon rich anaerobic environment (within the body of the plastic), while on their surface there is an aerobic environment. So two tethered bacteria (one on surface & the other inside the plastic) working together could exploit the plastic's carbon rich environment as a food source using electron transfer.
Indeed! Like the same people that said there was no such thing as energy based organisms... Imagine what these bacteria will look like after a million years of evolution?
Thank you Rob! This explains why electroculture works when growing plants. I have been experimenting with it in my small garden and noticed that it worked much better when the soil was damp. I use copper wire, so it seems I am only mimicking what the bacteria are doing. Your channel is GOLD! Cheers.
I've always laughed NOT at the experiments around electricity and germination and growth/yield, but the stigma and push back aimed at it. The big old dolmens scattered around the world, big boulder resting on a few chunks of granite. We know electricity "fixes" nitrogen, and we know there are tidal effects, and piezoelectric, but yet it's just all hocus pocus. More to this world than we'll figure out.
you only ever mimic what nature is doing , and electroculture works with all potentials . Light , material but also shapes like Pyramids .
Then it got "nothing" to do with bacteria .
It's most likely like with lattices reacting with the schuman resonance which is also "quintessential" for life .
And you create life Abiogenesis of Acari by doing this .
Prof Montagnier Nobel Laureate used the schumann 7.83 to make DNA rebuild itself and faster when using a PCR test .... what its made for not Con Vid
IF you use Copper you kill the bacteria btw and your plants yet get a potential 😉!!! and nickle on the other side also .... Only Gold and Silver will have a positive effect on microbiology.
Also it works with magnets , Pyramids , Lakhovsky coils , Biogeometry .. without touching the ground soil and bacteria , that electroculture also
want to learn some more also @robertmurraysmith
Bacteria are superconducting .... and from them also comes "Biological transmutation" aka Alchemy .
There are 100's of Patents many from soviet days describing how to transmutate "heavy metals and even radiocative metals " ( aprt from brownsgas between to conductive plates which was shown to congress men )
But how will Rob grasp that ... even if mitsubishi heavy metal industry already has a fuel cell for 22 !!!! years transmutating one Metal to another .
boooooom .... thats research Rob can't comprehend and decades of research and "listening" to smarter people than oneself
There's even more that we don't know we don't know. Fascinating ❤️
I know right, like for example, we can use these electric bacteria inside microbial fuel cells to make a plant battery generator. A potted plant that can run a grow light LED for itself.
Soil science is fascinating. Some of the most interesting discoveries were only made back in the 80’s such as symbiotic relationships between bacteria and mycelium. I’ve studied this a fair bit and apply a lot of the science to our gardens here. I came to your channel as I wanted to learn more about generating electricity, never imagined there would be a perfect cross over :)
Reminds me of the Fungi underground network - everything is connected , thank you for another interesting lesson
Of course!! The fungi work like electric cables too! We can grow electric circuits using these fungi and electric bacteria.
It´s likely te be connected with those fungi in some form. It´s those microorganisms that break down and "feed" the roots of plants with minerals, the plants give them sugars through their roots in return. At least that is how i understood it.
@@marcogallazzi9049 aye nature's own high speed internet
@@radiationmatters powered by electric bacteria
@@marcogallazzi9049 of course! The bacteria are electric and the fungi are conductive.
Absolutely astonishing!!! This is what I would like to hear in the news and not drivvle about celebrities keep up the truly brilliant work 👏 🎉❤
Starting the day with a brand new piece of information like this is just perfect, thanks Robert.
Glad to finally see someone covering this!
Fascinating Rob! I can think of a few projects for those little guys. Thanks Rob!
I'm glad i found your channel, you've got a way of explaining things that help make things clear
This is the part that just amazes me about living on planet earth. Every time you think you know it all you find out how little you actually and truly know. That is why living on MOTHER EARTH is so great and special. Thank you Robert for giving me more incentive to think outside the box even more.
This man's genuine enthusiasm gives me life
Especially when he laughs.
Science for the sake of science = unexpected increases in our knowledge.
Intresting like always 👍👍👍
Great video, Robert. That is a fascinating possibility.
I just watch a doctor speaking on ATP cycle and electrons on our bodies and how diet effects the process. It was interesting to hear, he broke it down a bit. Nice to see others are learning about this cycle also.
Indeed except here, the metabolism of each cell is geared toward consuming raw electricity.
You never cease to amaze me by bringing things to our attention, thanks
Thank you for doing this follow up.
the research you and Luke do is amazing. Great job finding and sharing with us.
Yet again another upload close to me personally and professionally, this one in particular due to an experience/observation at work 11 years ago. Absolutely love your uploads rob 👍
cheers mate
Theres all those little grey aliens eating electrical soup too! Good stuff Robert. Love the humility only strong intellects have.
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this. I remember the sense of wonder I felt when I first saw an animation of how an electron pump works in our bodies. Absolutely astonishing to me how a bunch of proteins can physically channel electrons or protons or ions from one side of a membrane to another. I didn't expect to hear about them in bacteria, but I should have...
It ties a lot of ideas together. Acid (ph) .. either in our mouth, stomach, soil .. or in a battery is can be changed with Baking Soda .. alkaline (ph) .. affecting things like cold sores in the mouth, ulcers in the stomach, cancer .. or like how plants like blueberries need more acid in the soil for good root growth. I suspect that what you are also getting at has to do with the mycelium of mushrooms .. connecting tree roots to nutrients in the soil. Good bacterial life is in good compost pile.
It's actually the bacteria. The bacteria themselves are electric, the fungi are just conductors. The bacteria generate the electricity by means of their biology.
@@captainnemo6655 - very cool 🙂
Very cool idea. So if I am to try one I have good chances when sticking the electrodes in my compost pile. Love it lol
@@adesign5 or you could construct a microbial fuel cell that does not require compost
Great little informative spot thanks Boss 🤝🍻
Fascinating. I think the students will love this.
Just reminds us no body knows everything, never dismiss an idea, and don’t be surprised know matter how surprising something is that you are told. All the best. 👍🐝🌞
I know right, like being told there is no such thing as energy based organisms.... Imagine what these electric bacteria can look like after a few million years of evolution?
Absolutely true!...while watching this, my 1st thought was how much this bacteria reminded me of spider-web's, which immediately brought me to, i wonder if anyone has ever tested spider-web's with electrical current!...i know silk from the silk worm is a type of conductor, you can use it to magnetize pin's, needle's, paperclip's and thing's like that!...so if silk from a silk worm can carry a current, then maybe spider silk can too!...also thought about how fireflie's/lightning bug's can light up, can they also produce an electrical charge?
@Robert Murray-Smith. Thank you for sending this update! It was very timely, the last few days I began thinking about that very video you did and revisited the page to take notes and read through the comments.. I wonder how much the microorganisms of the soil was playing a part in the phenomenon when I saw your soil battery above ground in the follow up video. Thank you for sharing your research, it feels like it's coming together!
Super fascinating! I've been planning on putting in an earth batter out on my remote property to power a small cabin. I always assumed that earth batteries functioned in a similar way that microbial fuel cells do. This information seems to support my hypothesis.
That is absolutely fascinating! I knew about the process in our own bodies through my previous work on meat curing and ageing, but these bacteria are incredbile! Thanks Rob :)
Imagine microbial fuel cells that can run grow light LEDs for growing crops and such?
see the umass Amherst work on the geobacter magnetite nanowires
Spot on! Love your content! Keep up the great work!
Fascinating. Thanks for such an interesting sequence of videos!
I look forward to these video every day, and you NEVER disappoint.
I believe that three types doing three different things is actually a benefit, and necessary. Let's classify them as Eaters (anode), Makers (cathode), and Connectors (wiring).
1) Find out which soil (medium) each one prefers, and construct a circular plot of land.
- The outside border of this circle will be filled Makers medium (+)
- The area between the outside and center are filled with the Connectors medium (N)
2) In the center you have that electrode with a small voltage applied, here is where all of these (electron eating) bacteria will collect, and continue to collect. This (should) result in an ever growing (capacity wise) anode in the center.
3) Then scale out your outer circle as necessary to increase capacity with ever increasing bacteria life.
THIS IS SO INTERESTING TO ME!!
Condo life stinks, I need some land haha.
That is a cool set up for an experiment!
Now if they can find "flippers" (bacteria that act as flip-flops) they'll discover the earth is one ultra-massive computer, probably sentient!!
@@woolymittens Or a bacterial pinball machine :)
@@woolymittens Wasn't this the plot of the movie Avatar?
Excellent information. I'd love to grow a battery!
Forgot all about that stuff brilliant I think if I was to go back to college now I’d probably love it!
Super interesting! Thanks, Robert!
you can also power an earth battery with the acoustic energy of infrasound in the ground. i made a video of one with a gold enamel glass and quartz powder with nanopyrite
Rob love the Hamlet quote
To help power equipment in outer space:
'BATTERYLESS BATTERIES': (copy and paste from my files):
Potential endless energy source basically anywhere in this universe:
a. Small aluminum cones with an electrical wire running through the center of the cones, cones spaced apart (not touching I'm thinking) but end to end.
b. Electromagentic radiation energy in the atmosphere interacts with the aluminum cones.
c. Jostled atoms and molecules in the cone eventually have some electrons try to get away from other electrons of which those electrons gather at the larger end of the cone, of which also creates an area of positive charge at the smaller end of the cone.
d. The electron's in the wire are attracted to the positive end of the cone and the positive 'end' in the wire are attracted to the negatively charged end of the cone.
e. Basically a 'battery' has been created inside the electrical wire itself, different areas of electrical potential. Basically a 'wire battery' or a 'batteryless battery', however one wanted to call it.
f. Numerous cones placed end to end increases the number of 'batteries' in the wire.
(In series to increase voltage, in parallel to increase amperage).
* Via QED (Quantum Electro Dynamics) whereby electromagnetism interacts with electrons in atoms and molecules, one would have to find the correct 'em' frequency for the correct material being utilized for the cones. The shape of the cones could also come into play. The type and size of the wire as well as the type and thickness of the insulation between the cones and the wire would also be factors.
* Of course also, possibly 2D triangles made up of certain materials with a conductor going down through the center of the triangle could possible achieve the same 'batteryless' battery system.
* Plus possibly with the 2D concept, layered 2D's that absorb different energy frequencies, thereby increasing the net output.
That is INCREDIBLE! God's creation is so amazing. How much more The Creator Himself. And if we think we know it all, we are fools. Thank you for sharing :)
My current research involves generating and measuring telluric currents. I would say its probably all 3 galvanic, bacteria, and tellurics. Telluric currents are mainly alternating and their frequency components are from about 6-7Hz to grid frequency (with the power grid contributing quite a bit due to 3-phase line imbalances). The earth battery stuff is probably more galvanic/bacteria since it is DC, with a little telluric.
Jolly good show. Amazing information thank you
Growing cables, pretty neat 👏
Yes!! Not just cables but also capacitor bacterias.
Very interesting Robert and I just love your hairdo. 🤣🤣
An excellent jumping off point for further personal investigation. 👍👍
Very interesting.. thanks Rob
Very interesting, thank you!
Fascinating. Sitting here with my first cup of coffee (when I usually watch the new, and older, video) and now contemplating the spot of wet ground behind the house. I'm guessing that after the spring thaw, I'll be starting another experiment.
Somewhere at a motorway service station of the future:
"Petrol or diesel sir?"
"Live yoghurt, 10 gallons please."
Thank you!
If I ever feel depressed, all I need to do is watch a video or two by Robert Murray-Smith. His genuine joy and enthusiasm is contagious. In short order, the wonder at everyday physics & chemistry is reawakened. He skips all the expensive, high-precision stuff and walks you through some absolutely astonishing concepts, some even you can quickly build at home! Not all the great research breakthroughs happen in specialized laboratories. It feels as if the Age of Joseph Priestley and Alessandro Volta is just waiting to be reborn.
That was an incredible video! I've gotta quit watching this kinda stuff before bedtime because, I seriously doubt that my curious brain is even gonna think about sleeping tonight. MUST LEARN MORE.....I'll have to call-in on Monday and tell my boss that I seriously strained my brain. Thank you, Rob.
Facilitating! Thank you for sharing bruv! Bless!
Beautiful Rob..thanks
Handsome indeed lol
wondering what your thoughts are on taping into the schumann resonance
Didn't know that... but now I do thanks to you ! Fascinating indeed
Indeed!
In 5 years time we will find out its actually a team of electrician mites that live on the back of the bacteria that builds these wires. Thanks for the upload Rob.
Imagine, they all work at the fungi power stations.
@@captainnemo6655 Maybe there are viruses that go mining for fossil electrons
Beautiful explanation, and thank you so much for sharing the latest research, along with your hypothesis!
Regarding "an organism that does all three (produce, transport, consume free electrons directly)" - it might be that those three varieties are simply working together as a team! "Bio-Films" are collections of completely distinct bacterial strains which, when triggered by each others' chemical signals, will glom-together and collaborate, turning genes 'on' which were previously silent, to form vascular structures and defenses! I wouldn't be surprised if living soil was conducting; even a modest day/night 'telluric current' would feed those anaerobic microbes a lot of calories, compared to their usually slow digestion.
cheers mate you just blew my brain cells with this bacteria. I always thought human species originated from bacteria and now electricity producing bacteria is keeping me awake now.
Great, discover....thank you..
Hi, thank you for this feeds ☺️
Very electrifying indeed
Very interesting and thank you for sharing. We have so much to learn.
Yes we do!!!
Fascinating
Well they say that mycelium is the internet of the forest and there is plenty of information about trees being able to communicate to warn other trees of disease in an effort develop a chemical to nullify it contracting enemy further ! I find that to be rather interesting that we can grow wires ! 👍🏻
I have to admit I fell into the group that doesn't care how it works but only because I couldn't get any solid information from the other two groups.
The bateria is very interesting on its own.
There are many research papers out now on the types of electric bacteria and even on RUclips, the Scishow Channel has a video on electric bacteria as well.
Cool stuff! Never heard of this. I honestly believe with all the tech in 2023, that we have just touched the tip of the knowledge iceberg.
Thanks a lot Rob! I just grew a bunch in my kitchen sink and electrocuted myself while experimenting. These are dangerous!!
Really though. Fascinating!
That's the spirit! Wear rubber gloves next time.
Awesome info
What do you do start with two graphite electrodes run some current through the mud and hope the bacteria form a pile between electrodes?
Well... I just learned something new. This explains a lot about why the Incas and other un-westernized cultures did their agriculture the way they did!
Coincidentally, I clicked on your earth battery video just this morning, then you post this. Freaky!
It was meant to be.... This is the best introduction to microbial fuel cells, ones that can power devices such as grow light LEDs and so much more like living batteries.
I work with a group of researchers, whom collectively have performed thousands of Earth Battery experiments:
1) galvanic action CAN occur, particularly when using different metals.
2) “Telluric Currents” or some theorize an electrical gradient as a result of the power grid, or other theories MAY be am answer to the devices that are NOT galvanic. (ones made using carbon or material pairs that do not corrode)
3) The new possibilities you have presented, being organisms that generate electricity: is very intriguing and has this far not been looked into. If this turned out to be a true cause, that means colonies of these creatures could be made into portable organic power sources!
Wild stuff. Question is do these bacteria assist in the plant growth and how can we use them?
Always wonderful videos sir when I think of Earth batteries I think of Nathan stubblefield Blessings to you and yours coming at you from Southern Oregon
We have gone now beyond just simple earth batteries, these are microbial fuel cells. BioVoltaics 🤘😆🤘
Also greeting to you from Nevada, a bit outside Area 51
Partially correct, bug the biom itself is subject to a rise and fall of its bloom with fair weather and moisture, etc. There are other important elements to the story. One I am sure which was mentioned is the Schumann Effect, but this is really not the cause of the electrical presence in the soil, it speaks of the method of measuring one or two of the five major reasons for the phenomenon.
When the soil biology is eliminated from the equation, by taking a sizable bed of the stuff into a Gamma sterilizer, which has no effect on moisture and content of the soil, only that it kills off all of the possibilities of algae and bacterium being present and active in the sample. What is left in a half meter cubic sample of average soil is the interaction of chemical action by the presence of alkaloids and any of the many chemicals and elemental metals in the soil sample. when sampled there is still a Schumann response of fractions of a volt and upward to several volts measurable in the sample, resting in a plastic tub on a table. There are other causes present here that were explored in my lab and others and the next tests were conducted with the electrodes and portable recording equipment enclosed in a metal box that was placed in a Faraday cage to eliminate any direct or indirect readings from radio waves and atmospheric static electricity.
Findings: With the living sample tested in situ of an average soil type from a growing garden, the highest readings were agreeably from this rest. Once the soil was placed in a container and compacted to the same relative density as in the garden, There was only a small reduction in the voltage. After the sample was sterilized there was a 1/3 reduction in the sample. voltage Inside the isolation and dampening cage the final reading was down to 1/4 of the first reading in the garden. The only test that was not covered was how cosmic rays which collide and some pass through the Earth constantly may effect the reading.
Through many variations of these studies (I have studied atmospheric and ground effect energy readings for over 50 years - not a novice) there appeared to be a pattern of these micro amp voltage readings we can all find and wonder about. One issue that is little understood by most researchers is the antenna affect of the ground probe, which can be compared with the probe held in the air with a grounding probe in the soil before this is inserted into the sample. This doesn't tell you all of the answers, because the probe will also read the received power from sunlight as well as the multiple static from ground effect and the energy from various radio signals in the area. Only from careful study to distinguish and isolate these various power sources is their important known. I bring this up primarily for clarity, but also to explain the design characteristics of the probes I currently make which are part direct probe in contact with the soil, but also part antenna coil that receive the low frequency harmonics from the Earth itself, as well as the various higher frequency up to sub-microwave receivers, each type fed into a small circuit at the top of the probe. I use 3/8" (9mm) diameter oak down material that has a ground tap at the lower end and is buried, instead of driven into the ground, and wired in rows. I also wish to point out that all sizable stones are removed before the soil is filled around the antenna probes, the presence of small and large rocks all diminish the quality of energy gleaned from the device.
No, I don't have this method of gleaning and rectifying power from the soil on video, but I will do that later in the year.
This study sounds incredible and I love the approach and the addition of the variable not accounted for. Could it be possible, that by removing the chunk of earth, and disconnecting it from whatever it may have been connected too colony wise, and factoring in time delays between tests, could it possibly be voltage loss from whatever charge is contained in the surrounding elements etc depleting much faster as its no longer connected to a larger reservoir of interconnected amps?
@@murray.sojourner Good questions. Yes, it does matter where the receiver is planted. Extremely dry desert with high salts or alkalinity do kill off a variety of symbiotic organism or limits the extent of the colony type, and moisture content is important but not a key factor. Good clear earth, connected to the Earth, low stone and sand, low clay also, which is basically good farming type land, makes the best beds for gangs of receivers of any kind. Understanding how capacitors and diodes as well as transistors operate is also a necessary point to understand how to gang connect them to increase the amperage and voltage. Out of a 1/4 acre back section of my lot I have 350 receivers producing 10 to 15 volts and sustaining a 30 arm solar charger for a deep cell battery system. This will operate a few lights and a refrigerator, for backup, but unfortunately not enough to sustain my all electric house and shop with 15KW of energy. For the heavy charging I have solar and wind, and the earth generated power adds a small amount day and night when the others may be idle. Hope this is helpful. I will do a video later this year once I catch up with necessary projects here and will share it with Robert Murray as well. I want us all off0grid and living sustainably.
@Rob Gad i would be very curious to know how that constant earth energy wattage applied to a sand battery element would work, you could convert that small wattage into a good build-up of heat for a sterling perhaps and hot water. And I couldn't agree more!
@@murray.sojourner A "sand battery" is just a heat storage space that has to be piped and use the heat to turn a turbine or something else to generate electricity during the night when solar or wind is not generating power. I prefer the water storage system, pump it into a high tank and release it to the turbine when you need it, into a low tank and transfer the water to the top tank when you have excess power.
@@robgad2271 Completely fair enough :) I have neither height nor space to work with, but i intend on using a sand battery on the houseboat and have it take excess charge from solar wind hydro and teg. will use it for my hot water, and climate control via ducting, and will run a sterling on top connected to a levitating flywheel for my nighttime power, getting some help designing it now!
Man this world is really complex and it's exciting.
Very interesting, thx for sharing this
Indeed
Right! I found in the mid 90s at the institute for bacteriology in Hannover that sulfate reducing bacteria (Desulfovibrio spec.) are able to transfer electrons directly from the substrate to conductive surfaces. Unfortunately nobody was interested in this. On the other hand it´s known that bacteria can get electrons from conductive surfaces and reduce oxygen - so you have all components to realize a "biovoltaic-battery" from anaerobic soil and air.
Very interesting
This shows again the talent for scientific mediation of Mister Murray-Smith.
Yes it does!!
Brilliant!
Indeed! Specially when the bacteria can run electric current to light a bulb.
fascinating...thanks for sharing
It gets even better! Microbial fuel cells that can run LED lights to grow plants, imagine?
Electric cells using living things to make electricity are known as " bug " batteries ( the first ones were made from houseflies ). They have been made from pond mud and even houseplants where a steel needle is stuck in the plant and one in the soil ( an upgrade would be using platinum coated ones).
Nice! That's how I made mine, I just copied Rob's design for the Moss Battery in the video library.
I was wondering why the TV remote control was not working… heard noises and found Shewanella munching on the battery! 😂 Sorry couldn’t help it LOL Seriously now, very interesting topic. Thanks for sharing Rob!
Well, my comment under the earth battery video was exactly about the microbial reasons :)
I had even offered an experiment to test it ;)
we are always learning.. we are just fractals of the main conciousness.. the collective..
The collective wants you to know there's is still more to this story.... Imagine what these electric bacteria can look like after millions of years of evolution? Sentient energy based organisms
I love all of these generator ideas! It seems like you are getting ready to start testing which ones can have the most effect soon... Is there a way you could come up with a different output option to show that your creations do indeed work besides an led light bulb like a resistance heater or something that might show which options are the most promising right away... I feel like LED lights are so bright and easy to power its hard to Guage when something works OK and when something is really cranking out sustained power... I have been playing with self powered woodstove fans and that could drive multiple wind turbines away from tge heat as well as it being its own heat driven turbine... thank you for all the amazing ideas. Inspiring always!!!!🥂✨️🙏✨️
This will make me take my multi-meter and testing random things in nature now. Honey we going camping, don't forget to pack the multimeter.
Yes!!! Do it! Check it out, there are electric bacteria on rocks, on trees, on everything. Leave a batter out in the open in the field and electric bacteria will colonize each pole. You might need a microscope though, not a multimeter.
I wonder if theses organisms thrive on methane.
Very interesting Rob yep we'll never stop learning
Using your graphene coated conductive sand could be useful in a microbial fuel cell. Sand promotes bacteria when mixed in soil and the conductivity can be used to increase the cells conductivity.
Also mixing carbon black and graphene nano particles into the soil can also increase cell performance and the bacteria and fungi can incorporate it into their biofilm and nano wire increasing the electron transport potential. The only thing holding MFCs back from waste water cleaning is the anode performance. Perhaps using a kite to harness the negative potential of the atmosphere could help.
Great video 👍
Yes it is! A new realm of biovoltaics awaits us with these electric bacterias
SIR EARTH ENERGY FLOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OR SOUTH TO NORTH DIRECTION ?
I read something about this a rew months ago and wondered if bacteria formed a part of this. Look at mushrooms that form a family of mushrooms connected over an area of interconnected spores, isn't that a sort of circuit?
@Robert Murray-Smith >>> 👍👍
Wow fascinating stuff!
Indeed it is, imagine though what these electric bacteria will look like after a few million years of evolution?... Energy based organisms
Gotta love science !
And electric biology!
my mans just randomly got baked beans sitting on the desk
I have just been reading papers about Bacteria communicating within themselves. Perhaps if we learn the language and ask them nicely we could persuade them to supply us with electricity! ;-)
How many would you need to produce 1mWh, now if they could charge my 9.8kWh battery at night that would be great. I've got an aaa battery some wire and a plant pot so I'm off on the hunt:-)
Thanks Rob,
I wonder if these bacterial colonies could be used to breakdown plastic waste. Plastics are a carbon rich anaerobic environment (within the body of the plastic), while on their surface there is an aerobic environment. So two tethered bacteria (one on surface & the other inside the plastic) working together could exploit the plastic's carbon rich environment as a food source using electron transfer.
Fungal Mycelium can do this - check out Paul Stamets and mycoregeneration
Goes by microbial fuel cell also
And scientists said we knew everything about the land and only 10-20 % about the oceans. Time to start over and look a "Little Deeper"!
Indeed! Like the same people that said there was no such thing as energy based organisms... Imagine what these bacteria will look like after a million years of evolution?