Yeah, I think the TechCrunch article was really poorly done. But it just goes to show there's no such thing as bad publicity... Looking forward to hearing a bit more than that a 9V battery can light up an LED. ;-) Patrik On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Ryan Bethencourt &lt;ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com > Hey Josiah, > > Thanks for asking, there have been a lot of questions around Adam's algae > battery and he's asked me to help with responding briefly to the questions. > He's going to be pulling together a FAQ for a lot of the questions that he > and I were asked (we were pretty much flooded with emails and calls the > last couple of days). In a nutshell, this is very early tech, so it's most > definitely a work in progress and as with much early stage science, there's > no guarantee it will definitely work but Adam's working hard to finish off > the prototype. > > I'll be sharing the FAQ in a few weeks and we're looking forward to having > a prototype to show in about 2ish months. Bear with us as the article came > out a lot faster than we expected it would. > > R > > > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Josiah Zayner &lt;josiah.zayner(a)gmail.com&gt; > >> No actual mention of how anything works and the video doesn't explain >> anything. Are you just passing a current through algae in the video? One >> can pass a current through tap water..... >> >> No offense, but it seems like the TechCrunch article is a paid >> advertisement.... It doesn't say anything. >> >> Is the goal to using algae as electrodes maybe, like previous work of >> others? >> >> Do you think using anything living, like algae could even be used in a >> Car battery? how would it survive heat?, cold? Anything that isn't a normal >> environment? >> >> Don't algae need light to grow?? How would this work in a battery? >> >> >> >> >> On Saturday, May 31, 2014 10:52:17 AM UTC-7, Biotech Ryan wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> We're super excited for the first bit of coverage on techcrunch of what >>> we hope will be transformative tech for batteries. >>> >>> http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/30/this-algae-battery-could- >>> power-a-tesla-with-200x-the-charge/ >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2014%2F05%2F30%2Fthis-algae-battery-could-power-a-tesla-with-200x-the-charge%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFYTrYlsiOJZyF7VzwHQrwpk0k4ew> >>> >>> Adam's company, Algas Biotech is developing early stage technology to >>> replace the use of rare metals in batteries (i.e. much more eco friendly >>> and it would remove CO2 from the atmosphere as part of the production of >>> Algae). The technology is still early (with all the expected caveats that >>> early stage science has) but Adam's going to have more news to share in the >>> near future! >>> >>> All the best, >>> Ryan >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ryan Bethencourt >>> >>> Tel: (415) 825 2705 >>> Conf Call: (650) 741 5013 >>> ryan.bet...(a)gmail.com >>> >>> http://www.litmususa.com/ >>> http://berkeleybiolabs.com/ >>> >>> www.bamh1.com >>> www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt >>> www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Ryan Bethencourt > > Tel: (415) 825 2705 > Conf Call: (650) 741 5013 > ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com > > http://www.litmususa.com/ > http://berkeleybiolabs.com/ > > www.bamh1.com > www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt > www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Counter Culture Labs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to counterculturelabs+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >