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Green phone runs on sugar
A CONCEPT PHONE being designed for Nokia has the battery replaced with an injection of sugar.
The phone, which is being prepped by London-based designer Daizi Zheng, uses a bio-battery, in this case fueled by sugary liquid - accompanying photos show a can of Coke - for power. Zheng said that when starting to design the phone she realised that the battery was often the phone's worst enemy.
"I found that phone battery as a power source, it is expensive, consuming valuable resources on manufacturing, presenting a disposal problem and harmful to the environment," she writes. "The concept is using bio battery to replace the traditional battery to create a pollution free environment".
Zheng said that the energy required to run the phone is gathered from carbohydrates and the enzymes that they produce. She adds that you only need one 'pack' - we take that to mean can - of sugary drink to get going, and while running it will produce oxygen and water.
"Bio battery has the potential to operate three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium batteries and it could be fully biodegradable. Meanwhile, it brings a whole new perception to batteries and afternoon tea," she added.
It's very early days and we suspect that at the moment the drink can probably only power itself enough to produce bubbles, but this may change. One thing bothers us though, and it takes us back to our school days and an experiment involving Coca Cola and a penny.
It is possible that with that particular juice as a power source the battery could last longer than the phone itself. µ
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@Tim
You realize, if this tech ever got out into the hands of the public. Which it won't. But if it did, then you'd look like a complete idiot. Of course, no one would remember Tim. He'd just be one of a long line of "That's never gonna happens".
And carbohydrates are literary all around us. Are you honestly jesting that Coke is the only source of carbos?
What do you think someone making $1 will think of your commentary. Well 1st they wouldn't be reading it on the web, so someone would have to tell them at the local pub. Guess who they'd be laughing at Tim. You...
Here is someone more keen on the concept than the practical realities.
Hey, let's plug the phone into our blood supply and absorb the sugar directly from there!
Hey, that'll help all the diabetics out there too!
What about taking needed energy from human blood? Many will like to talk bit more instead boring workout to spend some extra calories.
SFMBE
you DO need the enzymes (or some other catalyst) to make this reaction meaningful (in this context)...
In all, not a totally bad idea, but there may be more promising alternatives, like the ultra-capacitors mentioned (if you add some renewable energy charging as well)...
Sugar is a carbohydrate. If you metabolize it, you get water and carbon dioxide. No oxygen, and no "enzymes" are produced in the process.
Ok so first things first a phone run on coke or other sugary liquids is probably not cost effective plus it would jack up the price of sugar along with many of our favorite beverages. Personally I would much rather drink my coke then use it to power my cell phone especially when MIT and other groups are only a couple years away from putting cost effective solid state ultra capacitors onto the market.
It's also sort of a pointless attempt to be green cause besides the better alternative power sources becoming available it probably wouldn't be any more green then lithium ion batteries. I was actually thinking about this the other day but consider if you would the amount of power, most of which probably comes for coal plants, it would take to produce all the extra cans plus all the extra gas that would be burned shipping them plus all the extra trash that would be produced using them as a battery replacement, etc... When you think about it while we a moving towards a state where a green society is possible the idea that right now we are capable of creating a wholely green society without going back to the stone age is laughable and even that's not completely green cause any fire produces carbon dioxide.
I now imagine places like McD or BK, etc with open soda fountains with a line of guests refilling their phones... ^__^
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An analysis should be made as which would be the source of the sugar and if is a net producer of energy, in which case it can be a very good idea.
It's an awesome idea. It's robust and cheap to refuel and I wouldn't mind sticky fingers if it means that I can recharge everywhere.
The only problem is that it uses enzymes, so refueling means that I would probably need a new pack of enzymes, except they are bound to the surface.
Anybody knows more about that problem?
Great idea, who needs a highly efficient, compact, cheap and reliable batteries that can be charged thousands of times if we can use pop drinks to fuel our gadgets...
Seriously now, stop wasting time and money on crazy shit like this and start investing in something people actually need... like thermoelectric generators.
What has happened to Time Warner New Line Cinema studios?__ all their web are belonged to rust.
Another sticky mess you've gotten us to discombobulate. You do know, what you are drinking is meant for eye sugary?
A-W-K-W-A-R-D__ 'Guess He's Just Not That Into You.
Get me that Hobbit secretary on the phone. . .
Communication breakdown all around me.
I was waiting for the operator on the line___
She's gone so long!
what can I do?
Where could she be?
oh_
no, no, no-no, no no no!
you gotta slow down
Sweet talking woman
I really want one of these .. it seems my battery runs down at the moment im supposed to meet someone in an undisclosed location. Cus .. change rattling .. number guessing and praying to the God of phoneboxes that it wont swallow all of my coppers.