[sudo-discuss] [CCL] Re: Techcrunch: This Algae Battery Could Power A Tesla With 200X The Charge

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

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 <ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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 <josiah.zayner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>> www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php
>>>
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