A scientist in Taiwan has invented the world’s first chlorophyll organic battery that can supply electricity within 10 seconds of being wetted with water, beverages or even urine.Chungpin Hovering Liao, a professor at the Graduate School of Electro-Optic and Material Science of National Formosa University in central Taiwan’s Yunlin County, told a news conference Wednesday that the battery, when wetted, can provide electricity for two days to a week.
Source: taiwannews
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Brando has a new product, one that not only makes your iPhone louder but also charges its battery. The price like most accessories for Apple is steep at $44 (Rs 1,900 approx). But for folk still willing to sink more cash in to their iPhone, click the Web link below.
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The energy for tomorrow’s miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses — no, they won’t make you sick.

MIT engineers have developed a way to create and install microbatteries — which could one day power a range of miniature devices, from labs-on-a-chip to implantable medical sensors — by stamping them onto a variety of surfaces. More after the jump.

Source: MIT
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Well, you can now say bye to those nasty remote batteries that keep piling up at the garbage dump. This $38 (Rs 1600 approx) remote features a wind-up generator that keeps the remote running for a week only with 30 turns. That’s not all, this one remote can handle everything from your satellite \ cable to your DVD and VCR. Plus you can sleep a little better knowing you aren’t polluting the environment.

Source: Wired
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