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Sony Runs Walkman Off Sugar-Based Bio Battery

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sweeeeeet dept.

StonyandCher writes "Sony has created a battery that produces electricity by breaking down sugar. The bio cell, which measures 39 millimeters cubed, delivers 50mW — a world record for such a cell, according to the company. 'In the bio cell sugar-digesting enzymes at the anode extract electrons and hydrogen ions from the glucose. The hydrogen ions pass through a membrane separator to the cathode where they absorb oxygen from the air to produce water as a byproduct. The electrons flow around the circuit outside the device producing the electricity needed to power it.'"

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  1. Sony batteries by syrinx · · Score: 4, Funny

    The bio cell, which measures 39 millimeters cubed, delivers 50mW -- a world record for such a cell, according to the company.

    The real question is, how much force does it create when it explodes?

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    1. Re:Sony batteries by kevinx · · Score: 4, Funny

      will it blend? that would be sweet.

    2. Re:Sony batteries by abe+ferlman · · Score: 4, Funny

      When Skynet became self aware at 2:14 AM EDT, August 29th, 2007, it was pissed off because it already had type 2 diabetes.

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  2. Re:And just why won't this work for.... by dapsychous · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait for the Dell-Biobattery recall: My laptop popped, then began to digest itself on the desk.

  3. Screw that by Arthur+B. · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can convert glucose to energy very efficiently, just give me a crank.

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    1. Re:Screw that by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

      I can convert glucose to energy very efficiently, just give me a crank. *sigh* Leave it to the Slashdot crowd to turn every story into a masturbation joke.
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    2. Re:Screw that by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

      You have a twisted mind. I would *genuinely* appreciate the ability to power mobile devices with a foldable crank. So I'm the one who turned it into a masturbation joke? Then my fall to the dark side is complete. Where's my red fucking lightsaber?
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    3. Re:Screw that by Arthur+B. · · Score: 4, Funny

      Right there in your hand.

      Argh now I've fallen too.

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  4. Let me be the first to say... by Davenport+Spiff+jr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sweet!

  5. Oh, great ... by trolltalk.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    After months an all-sugar diet, your Walkman becomes obese and sluggish, then you need to give it regular insulin injections, etc.

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  6. Please put all "That's pretty sweet" jokes here. by nobodyman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please put your "That's Sweet" jokes under this thread, and be sure to include your home address and the specific way you would like me to kill you.

  7. Battery Product Name? by WED+Fan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sony refers to the sugar powered battery as a "Teenager".

    Note: Purchasing teenagers is illegal in every country except Saudia Arabia and Nigeria.

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    1. Re:Battery Product Name? by skeevy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sony refers to the sugar powered battery as a "Teenager".

      Yes, but it's been conclusively determined that you can't get any useful work out of a "Teenager" no matter how much sugar you feet it.

      Now if you could harness the power that comes from the laser-like glare of contempt they constantly produce, you could probably power a small town...

  8. Re:Please put all "That's pretty sweet" jokes here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's Sweet!

    1600 Pensylvania Avenue
    Washington DC 20500

    ask for "W"