JAPAN: Japanese inventor shows off cheap recycleable water-powered batteries as the next generation of eco friendly source of power

Record ID: 462460

  • Title: JAPAN: Japanese inventor shows off cheap recycleable water-powered batteries as the next generation of eco friendly source of power
  • Date: 11th November 2006
  • Summary: (BN08)SAITAMA, JAPAN (NOVEMBER 07, 2006) (REUTERS) JAPANESE INVENTOR SUSUMU SUZUKI FILLING CARBON INTO BATTERY-SHAPED EMPTY CASE CLOSE UP OF GLASS FILLED WITH CARBON SUZUKI HAMMERING ONTO WATER BATTERY SUZUKI INJECTING A DROP OF WATER INTO A WATER BATTERY SUZUKI WIPING DRIPPING WATER FROM A BATTERY AND PLUGGING IT INTO AMPERE METER NUMBER OF AMPERE METER GOING UP TO AROUND 350 MILLI-AMPERES (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) SUSUMU SUZUKI, PRESIDENT OF TSC (TOTAL SYSTEM CONDUCTOR) SAYING: "This battery can never be activated without water. In other words, it can keep far more longer years than any existing batteries unless you inject water in it. So this would be an ideal tool for disaster prevention." SUZUKI INSERTING A WATER BATTERY INTO A BATTERY BAY OF FLASHLIGHT SWITCHING ON AND OFF A FLASHLIGHT SUZUKI INSERTING A WATER BATTERY INTO A RADIO AND TURNING ON IT SUZUKI CONNECTING MOBILE PHONE WITH WATER BATTERY POWERED CHARGER (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) SUZUKI SAYING: "For example when you get lost on a mountain, by just taking a lick at the surface of it, you can get electricity for a flashlight or a radio. This will be an essential tool in the near future." SUZUKI INJECTING A DROP OF WATER INTO A WATER BATTERY WATER ABSORBING SUZUKI INSERTING A WATER BATTERY INTO A TOY TRAIN VARIOUS OF TOY TRAINS RUNNING
  • Embargoed: 26th November 2006 12:00
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  • Location: Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Science / Technology,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVAXKHCF6S974ZU34GKVI6H4PSZ
  • Story Text: Japanese inventor unveiled what he called the "next generation of eco friendly energy source" on Tuesday (November 07).
    Susumu Suzuki, the president of Tokyo based building material maker TSC, invented water-powered batteries which can be recycled several times and have an electric current that is as powerful as that of a manganese dioxide battery.
    These batteries work when you inject a drop of water into it which was packed with mixed compounds mainly consisted of carbon. All of these ingredients are claimed to be totally harmless to the humanbody and nature. Though these batteries are still in a developing phase, they can be used almost with any low power gadgets from radios and flashlights to cell phone battery chargers and toy trains.
    "This battery can never be activated without water. In other words, it can keep far more longer years than any existing batteries unless you inject water in it. So this will be an ideal tool for disaster prevention," inventor Suzuki told Reuters.
    "For example when you get lost on a mountain, by just taking a lick at the surface of it, you can get electricity for a flashlight or a radio. This will be an essential tool in the near future," added Suzuki.
    Suzuki also said the batteries can be made cheaply, at up to one tenth of the price of a normal battery, if they are mass produced. By using these eco and cost friendly batteries, Suzuki hopes to help, if only a little, to solve lingering energy shortage problems in developing countries.
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