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Two dollars are enough to create electricity from grass
Oct 8 2007, C.S.

A group of students from MIT have come up with a new idea to produce electricity from grass. Although a prototype, is appreciated to be very new and innovative idea. The team won the first prize in MIT and Dow Materials Engineering Contest...

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