Sugar rush-powered batteries developed by Sony Japan
With the world always on the look out for alternative fuel sources, Sony Japan may have come across a sweet new power source that certainly won’t run out any time soon. It was announced recently that they have been able to generate the world’s highest output of bio-electricity from a sugar-based battery.
While 50mW per cell may not seem like a lot, being able to find an easily renewable and ample resource as a source for electricity will definitely help a lot with the global power needs. Don’t expect your TV or refrigerator to be powered by a bar of Hershey chocolate just yet. The batteries themselves are rather bulky, measuring at 39mm on each side.
Although the press release site itself is in Japanese, you can try to understand the theory behind the “sugar battery” with a little help from any online language translator. So until Sony develops something a little more portable, we’ll all have to stick to our Eveready batteries in the meantime.
For a look at the new battery in action, check out the video right after the jump!
With the world always on the look out for alternative fuel sources, Sony Japan may have come across a sweet new power source that certainly won’t run out any time soon. It was announced recently that they have been able to generate the world’s highest output of bio-electricity from a sugar-based battery.
While 50mW per cell may not seem like a lot, being able to find an easily renewable and ample resource as a source for electricity will definitely help a lot with the global power needs. Don’t expect your TV or refrigerator to be powered by a bar of Hershey chocolate just yet. The batteries themselves are rather bulky, measuring at 39mm on each side.
Although the press release site itself is in Japanese, you can try to understand the theory behind the “sugar battery” with a little help from any online language translator. So until Sony develops something a little more portable, we’ll all have to stick to our Eveready batteries in the meantime.
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