Sugar-powered batteries from Sony
For occasions when you can't use your new urine-powered battery ('cause sometimes you just don't have to go), try this novel alternative power source from your buddies at Sony: the Bio Battery.
Much like your children (until their Halloween candy runs out, at least), this little biotech battery uses glucose for energy. It converts sugar from your favorite beverage -- fruit juice, Kool-Aid, whatever -- into electricity that powers your gadgets. Score!
At the moment it can only generate enough power to run small devices, but I imagine it won't be long before Sony figures out how to make a sugar-fueled battery that can handle the energy needs of larger gadgets.
For a video of the battery in action, go here.
[via Crave]
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