Sony develops battery powered by Sugar!

Sony develops battery powered by Sugar!

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony has developed an environmentally-friendly prototype battery that runs on sugars and that can generate enough electricity to power a music player and a pair of speakers.

The bio battery's casing is made of a vegetable-based plastic. It measures 3.9 cm (1.5 inch) along each edge and works by pouring sugar solution into the unit, where enzymes break it down to generate electricity.

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wow nice if sony are pursuing must be something in it .. this has got to be free energy at its best!!! a regenerative source of fuel as long as theres water and the suns still shining its free in my book..

the world is so gonna change over the next 20-30 years and well it should

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[edit on 24/8/07 by Quantum_Squirrel]

[edit on 24/8/07 by Quantum_Squirrel]

Thanks for posting this. Very good news. They say that Sony will mass produce it.
I wonder how it scales up, now it produces only 50 mW, which means you'll need thousands of them to power a light bulb. But its a baby step.

remember the batteries on mobile phones the were carried in bags for the very first mobile communication devices, yes i agree this is a baby step ..but baby's tend to grow up ...

a freely available, growable energy source! i am suprised this thread hasnt achieved more comments, it blows away stoerns and others free energy claims imho.

Interesting,

Does anyone know how much battery life it would give? I can't help but thing it would be easier to buy normal batteries/ charge an mp3 player up than to either buy/ make a sugar solution to use. I think the majority of consumers want ease over effort in todays world and I bet it wouldn't take off unless it had a good battery life.

As Quantum Squirrel pointed out though this is a step in a new direction and the technology is bound to get better and easier to use. Let's see.

It would be great if this works out for Sony

I'm not too sure I could cope with the increase in ants though!

I'd like a big mac and an order of fries and my boom box needs a coke.