electric eel powers christmas tree
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December 13, 2007 - A new Christmas installation is taking center stage at a Japanese acquarium involving an electric eel and Christmas tree lights.
The electric eel discharges up to 800 watts of power and every time the creature moves it lights up the Christmas tree.
Two aluminum panels inside the eel's tank work as electrodes to catch its power. Cables attached to the panels supply the lights on the nearby tree with electricity.
Inventor Kazuhiko Minawa said it took him more than a month to devise a system that would effectively harness eel power.
The eel and the tree has been a crowd puller, with hundreds coming to watch the eel move and the lights twinkle.
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12/13/2007
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