PROTOVORE: The Artificial Digestive System That Could Teach Robots to Eat Energy
Bioelectrochemistry • Microbial Fuel Cells • Electro-Digestion THE STOMACH OF STEEL — WHY I COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT ROBOTS THAT EAT A boiled egg. A charging cable. The question of why we feed ourselves and charge our machines separately — when chemistry is chemistry and energy is energy. That absurd question cracked open bioelectrochemistry, microbial electron transfer, and an invention that gives robots an artificial gut. Invention PROTOVORE Core Field Bioelectrochemistry Key Science Electro-Digestion Design Shift Battery → Metabolism It started with something embarrassingly ordinary. I was eating boiled eggs after a long day, half-reading about ATP synthesis, half-watching my phone charge. And then this stupidly simple question hit me so hard I actually stopped chewing. Why do I have to feed myself and charge my machine separately? Humans run on food. Food is chemistry. Chemistry is energy. Robots run on electricity. Electricity can come fro...