Kitchen Science: When Life Deals You Lemons, Make Batteries!

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Creating a battery from a lemon is a common project in many science text books. Successfully creating one of these devices is not easy. This video demonstrates how to construct and use a lemon battery to light an LED and operate a calculator. Of course, I just want to know if I can use this battery to power my cell phone. [6:47]

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