In My Youth, And Indeed Later In Life,

'batteries not included'

photograph Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, was a constant amongst toys and electrical goods bought at the time, and there is the problem, not buying the batteries, but making sure the pesky little ankle bitters you bought the toy for did not eat the batteries! but help is at hand, potentially in the future there could be edible batteries, the battery is made from nothing but non-toxic food-grade materials, which include beeswax, seaweed, cellulose, and activated charcoal, it can deliver 48 microamperes of current for more than ten minutes and as a bonus they are rechargeable, the batteries are being developed by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the advantages of an edible battery are obvious when it comes to kids swallowing batteries, and even for adults it means that they can safely be disposed of, for the full article have a look here.