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September 24, 2008, 7:53 pm

Preventing forest fires with tree power

Energy from trees is enough to power tiny sensors - scattered in a network throughout a forest - to warn of forest fires.

[Science Daily]

It has been known that trees can produce tiny amounts of electricity for a long time - but scientists have not previously found ways to tap this energy to use it.

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