The technology, Strano said, could one day be used to light the rooms or even to turn trees into self-powered street lamps. In the future, the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant's lifetime.

斯特拉诺表示，该技术将来可能用于房间照明，甚至可以将树木改造为自供电路灯。该团队希望未来可以开发此技术的新形式，用于喷洒植物叶片，一次操作，终生有效。

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US researchers say they have demonstrated how cells fuelled by bacteria can be "self-powered" and produce a limitless supply of hydrogen.

美国研究人员称他们已经试验成功用细菌激励来电池，做到自主激励并源源不断地产生氢气。

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Not because I've staved off anything grim, but because I've found a new way to think about my life - as a self-powered trip across the country.

这不是因为我不顾那些艰险，而是因为我找到了思考人生的新方式——那就是自助穿越全国。

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Back in the day the plain-old-copper land networks were self powered and seldom failed.

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From pedal-powered computers on bicycles, to self-powered soldiers in militaries, Raaijen predicted human power would be developed widely in coming years.

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"Our next step is to fabricate a complete self-powered pacemaker and examine it with animal tests, " wrote Dr. Karami in an email.

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