- Posted by: Alberto Villarreal
- Category: Electronics, Green Energy, batteries, biomimicry, chemicals, efficiency, electric, energy
Sony “Bio Battery” Generates Electricty From Glucose
This has been out for a while, but other than the prototypes and studies shown on the press release I have not seen a commercial product out of it. In any case, for the sake of inspiration and information archival, I thought it was worth posting it here.
On August 2007, Sony announced the development of a “Bio Battery” that generates electricity from glucose.
Capable to generate up to 50mW of power (enough to power most small gadgets), this battery operates under the principle of breaking down enzymes and utilizing them as catalyst to generate power (just as they work on living organisms).
From the press release:
“Sony will continue its development of immobilization systems, electrode composition and other technologies in order to further enhance power output and durability, with the aim of realizing practical applications for these bio batteries in the future.”
Here’s a video with more details.
We definitely look forward to seeing applications of this technology.
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on April 27th, 2009 at 2:40 am
This is a great concept “Generating Electricity from Glucose”, I like the idea. Yes that’s really true it is not too useful yet, but for future it is a good idea.
on May 10th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I think its a good start for alternative energy. I expect more from the technology field from the energy field.