iPod Charged By Onion

Wacky Owen Louis is doing his bit for the environment by charging his iPod with an ONION.

Owen, 21, bores two holes in the veg before soaking it in an energy drink for two hours. The shop shelf-stacker then inserts a USB cable, which produces enough power to charge his iPod for an hour.

Owen, of Portsmouth, said: “I’m trying to find ways of using electricity without damaging the environment.” Physics lecturer Phil Stubbles said: “By soaking the onion in the drink it acts as an electrolyte and reacts with ions to produce the charge.”