Doug Laustsen's guest appearances

Doug Laustsen

Battery Chattery

Andrew Smith

Gloria Wilson

Dana Wilson

Laura Bassi

OwlTail

Is blood useful as an electrolyte material? Can Ana's husband Doug help us understand art? Is art even worth understanding? We didn't answer all of these questions but we answered most of them Covered this episode: blood chandelier batteries, some aimless chattery about other subjectively distressing art, and battery/fuel cell concepts for medical devices Sources: blood battery art (including video) (the website mixes up anodes and cathodes so watch out for that (aluminum = anode, copper = cathode)) http://vtol.cc/filter/works/until-I-die  paper battery that can use blood as an electrolyte: http://www.pnas.org/content/104/34/13574.full, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13754475  blood fuel cell: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/fuel-cell-generates-power-from-human-blood 

Is blood useful as an electrolyte material? Can Ana's husband Doug help us understand art? Is art even worth understanding? We didn't answer all of these questions but we answered most of them Covered this episode: blood chandelier batteries, some aimless chattery about other subjectively distressing art, and battery/fuel cell concepts for medical devices Sources: blood battery art (including video) (the website mixes up anodes and cathodes so watch out for that (aluminum = anode, copper = cathode)) <a href="http://vtol.cc/filter/works/until-I-die" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://vtol.cc/filter/works/until-I-die</a> paper battery that can use blood as an electrolyte: <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/104/34/13574.full," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pnas.org/content/104/34/13574.full,</a> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13754475" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13754475</a> blood fuel cell: <a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/article/fuel-cell-generates-power-from-human-blood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wired.co.uk/article/fuel-cell-generates-power-from-human-blood</a>