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Sony Unveils Cardboard Powered Battery
31Dec2011 Filed under: Gadgets Author: Rebekah
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Batteries are used to run almost every electrical device we have, including our indispensable mobile devices. Imagine if batteries had never been invented, we would be solely dependent on wall sockets and wired technology. Batteries are not, however, that kind to the environment, and they have been known to suffer catastrophic failure occasionally.
Sony has come up with a battery that does not run on fancy metals, instead, it runs on what is basically termite feed: paper and cardboard.
The company has been refining the technology for years now, and how the battery works is simple. The battery itself consists on a thin sheet of material known as a “bio-battery”. Enzymes are used to break down sugar and turn it into ions and electrons, creating an electric current. These bio-batteries can run on pretty much all kinds of things, including soda and fruit juice. (I’m sure you’ve all heard of potato and lemon batteries)
The problem with that is, rather than use these things as a battery, we tend to eat them.
Sony has come up with their idea of using cardboard as a power source, by adding another enzyme into the mix, that is able to break down cellulose into sugar. All that is needed to work this battery is cardboard, soaked in water and the enzymes. There are two enzymes needed, the first is to break down the cellulose of the cardboard into sugar, and the second is used to produce the electricity.
Currently the battery is said to produce enough electricity to power an MP3 player, which is pretty impressive. I wonder if this kind of battery can be further improved upon. Maybe one day it will be used to replace the batteries we use today.
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January 1st, 2012 at 9:48 am
The idea works pretty much like how a human body digest food by using enzymes to break down cellulose (food) into sugar and converts them into energy… smart!!!
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January 2nd, 2012 at 7:51 pm
Wow! Good for Sony. I fully support companies that innovate like this.
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January 2nd, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Thats an good idea. When u look normally batteries make a dirty environmental.
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January 3rd, 2012 at 12:15 am
Its a really superb idea.
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January 3rd, 2012 at 2:02 am
That really is interesting, i wonder how quickly they will be able to advance this technology.
Albert Rox
January 3rd, 2012 at 2:11 am
It’s an interesting research. I believe that batteries will evolve a lot in future because we need always more energy but oil and carbon are not here to stay forever
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January 3rd, 2012 at 7:48 am
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January 3rd, 2012 at 2:12 pm
I hope the technology can be refined for greater global usage. Always nice to see development of more environment-friendly alternatives.
-Jean
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January 3rd, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Empowering mp3 by this technology is pretty much impressive..
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January 3rd, 2012 at 8:46 pm
that is some crazy tech from electronics giant sony
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January 5th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Energy (obtained from food through enzymatic reactions) is the basis of human movement. Enzymes are special proteins that facilitate chemical reactions inside our bodies. Sony’s Bio Battery uses this same principle to produce electric energy. It is an extremely safe form of energy production since the fuel (glucose) is a carbohydrate just like bread or rice.
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January 6th, 2012 at 2:07 am
Not a bad idea. I know that after xmas, I had a ton of cardboard on the side of the street.
Can the enzymes be reused though?
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January 6th, 2012 at 8:11 am
great, now i can make electricity from my packing material
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January 6th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
This is amazing!!!!.. Soon no one will ever throw away their old cardboard!!!
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January 7th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Really smart idea to convert unwanted cardboard into energy. Environmental friendly too. Smart!!!
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January 8th, 2012 at 8:17 am
Really smart! These people has been really innovative nowadays… Nice touch!
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January 8th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
Pretty cool idea if they can scale it up to make some appreciable amounts of energy with it. They could probably take all of the junk mail delivered in a day and power an entire state.
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January 8th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Mobile, I think the enzymes can be reused atleast a few times probably? I remember reading that electrolytic solutions are reused a good number of times before being replaced.
-Jean
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January 8th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
I love the development that allows us to save nature and get the world better.
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January 10th, 2012 at 5:39 am
Very innovative. I do wonder if we will one day use these batteries as a replacement to regular batteries. I would like to know how costly the solution is that breaks down the sugar as well.
- Robert
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January 10th, 2012 at 8:25 am
you haven’t uploaded any video of this technology. I’d appreciate if u do so
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January 10th, 2012 at 11:24 am
Bio-battery’s certainly have a future. The challenge will be to produce a battery with a long life that is also powerful enough to produce energy at a constant rate.
Pierce Harrell
January 13th, 2012 at 9:54 am
kudos to sony for being way innovativee
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January 13th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
That is really clever. I wonder if it can work on any kind of paper? Sometimes when I tear open boxes of textbooks, the boxes go into the recycling dumpster. That would be cool if the boxes could help power batteries.
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January 13th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
@Property, yes I was thinking the same thing, useful inventions that also help the environment is pretty cool.
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January 14th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Energy can be created by anything really, but to get it profitable is more difficult and there is a long way for Sony.
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January 16th, 2012 at 1:24 am
Hmm it greatly matches with my thinking ….. love it
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January 16th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
This interesting, great idea, now i know not only metals are the conductor of electricity.
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January 16th, 2012 at 11:57 pm
This is amazing tech being developed. it’s too bad that we can’t come to common ground on some of the ways that are already capable of being used more such as nuclear and coal.
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January 17th, 2012 at 5:43 am
It is still not gonna help reduce polution is it.. i mean i don’t see much of an application of this kind of battery
Przemek Czaicki
January 17th, 2012 at 6:10 am
I wonder how long will it take to develop those ideas into a mass scale project. With so much pressure on renewable energy sources I’d expect a breakthrough in the next few years.
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January 19th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
amazing work.. it is very important to go green and really happy that companies are trying their best to make their products eco-friendly.
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January 19th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
thanks for the post, nice information.
the rate at which technology is growing, most companies will go out of business if the don’t improve on their products
nice one from sone
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January 20th, 2012 at 2:27 am
That would be awsome….I’m sick of how much cardboard our family goes through.
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January 20th, 2012 at 7:18 am
Just wonder when the technology will mature and reach the general public? I dont think oil giants like to see this from happening.
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January 22nd, 2012 at 4:38 pm
wow, really good article and useful..
thanks for sharing.
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January 24th, 2012 at 4:15 am
@InternetMarketing – I don’t think Oil giants care that much. their demand has never been higher, and our dependance on oil will only increase. Especially with nuclear being phased out world wide
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January 31st, 2012 at 4:30 am
Thats an good idea. When u look normally batteries make a dirty environmental.
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February 1st, 2012 at 2:29 am
This is interestingto, get it profitable is more difficult and there is a long way for Sony
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February 10th, 2012 at 4:37 am
nice concept, but I don’t think this battery will fit in my digital camera double A battery slot
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March 19th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
sony always comes up with unique products. I am an ardent sony user and i swear by its quality. This is a rather unique and very eco friendly battery from sony.
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March 21st, 2012 at 10:51 pm
yes… very environmental friendly. This is what we call INNOVATION!
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March 21st, 2012 at 10:52 pm
I love environmental friendly innovation and I guess innovators nowadays really do not consider this. Thumbs up for them!
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March 29th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I am ready to do.
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Kashif
April 17th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
This is good way to deliver power. Card boards are very much cheaper as compared to other materials. So I think Sony did a great job here.
John
April 24th, 2012 at 3:17 am
Cardboard is very cheap way of producing energy and I think it is very important.
Property Marbella
May 7th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
I wonder how quickly they will be able to advance this technology.
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July 14th, 2012 at 10:20 am
if this comes into production it should be the cheapest battery available. I am eagerly waiting for these cardboard powerhouse.