The Big Bang Fair brussels sprouts battery

A team of scientists and engineers from The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair has created the world’s first battery made entirely of Brussels sprouts, which was used to light an 8 foot Christmas tree. The “Sprout Battery“ was launched on the Southbank, London, with the help of Year 7 pupils from City of London Academy, Islington. The environmentally-friendly power source will come as a relief to the nation’s children as research has found that two-thirds of them (67%) think the traditi