Living Batteries, Green Batteries

Posted by Elizabeth Goodman in Quick Tips Tuesday, December 01, 2009

As an IT company we have been asked lately if we can help provide Green IT solutions. One of the non-Green things about IT is laptop batteries. However, recent advancement in technologies has allowed for Green Batteries. When we say Green we actually mean greengreen algae. Recently on Engadget, Darren Murph wrote about these advancements.
By Darren Murph posted Nov 29th 2009 2:07AM
Somehow or another, we've figured out how to send mere mortals to the moon, create (and mass produce) a laptop thin enough to floss with and add multitouch capabilities to a mouse. But for whatever reason, we're still stuck using AA batteries that last approximately one-fifth as long as you need them to. Outside of a few breakthroughs here and there, the battery industry at large has found a holding pattern that digs at consumers and likely fattens the wallets of those in charge. Thanks to new research surrounding the use of Cladophora (green algae) in a flexible, ultrathin alternative, it looks as if we may finally be onto something good. Researchers purport that these super skinny cells could be placed in areas where batteries are currently unable to go -- think of perpetually charged wall sensors, energized clothing or even light-up wrapping paper. Better still, prototypes have shown the ability to hold a significant charge, but unfortunately for us all, no specific production date has been pegged. A boy can dream though, yeah?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/29/ultrathin-algae-based-batteries-could-charge-things-you-never-t/

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