As a general rule, cell phone batteries are costly, resource-intensive, and difficult to dispose of properly. So why not ditch them and run our cell phones on soda? That’s the thinking behind designer Daizi Zheng’s concept phone for Nokia. Instead of running on traditional batteries, the concept phone uses a bio battery that generates electricity from carbohydrates.
Fuel cells powered by sugar are nothing new — they’ve been in use for years — but Zheng’s point seems to be that we shouldn’t overlook innovative uses for the products we consume everyday. And of course, maybe Coke does belong in a battery more than it belongs in our bodies. It doesn’t hurt that the bio battery can operate for three to four times longer than a lithium-ion battery on a single charge, either.
We jut have one question: what about all the energy used to produce Coke? In the end, it probably makes more sense to use plain sugar water as a fuel source — unless it’s your New Year’s resolution to give up on your stockpile of soda.
Dezeen via Treehugger
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Finally a better use for high fructose corn syrup
I would probably end up drinking the cola, however i really like the design.
Producing and distributing coke is not resource intensive?
In response to the comment by “hmmmmm”… It’s probably less resource intensive than producing, distributing, and disposing of lithium batteries.
replacing fossil fuel with bio-fuel and then locking you into a single fuel source. not sure about this concept…
Where we’re going …We Don’t need roads!!!