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The conceptual cellphone from Nokia is achieved by a young Chinese designer, Daizi Zheng. Different from usual mobiles powered by lithium battery, the eco-friendly phone adopts bio battery (which generates electricity from carbohydrates) as the power source. Therefore you only need to buy a can of cola to power your phone when the battery dies out, and claimed by Daizi Zheng, “Bio battery has the potential to operate three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium batteries”. So it would be nice to see this practical concept hit the marketplace soon. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Unexpected that this torch can be powered by water! Coming from Japan, the new torch is equipped with a NoPoPo battery that could be driven to work by any liquid including cola, beer and…even your urine. Woo, extremely perfect for emergencies like wilderness survivals! [Read the rest of this entry...]

No batteries, no sockets, the unique radio is in fact a shower radio powered by water. When plugging it between the tap and the shower, the radio then starts working while stops playing as you press the button. So isn’t it an efficient gadget that makes full uses of the limited water even in a bathroom? Cool!

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Designed by John Mielke, this concept is powered by your own blood. And the special smart-ink pixel painted on your skin could convert your skin into a touch screen which could not only show the information but also interact like iPhone.

Imagine that your skin gonna be a function like a display, you won’t be excited? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Actully NEC has shown the Flask concept phone in CeBit 2006 which is powered by liquid fuel. But this time they claims that this unique phone gonna be released into market in 2008. Hey, it means that you could know the juice just by checking out the how much liquid is remained. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Samsung has just released a new micro-fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on water. What you should do to charge your phone is just add some water. It will be use on cellphone in 2010.

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If you are lack of juice (I mean battery), what would you do?

Whatever! But you gonna have a fundamentally alternative right now. It’s a battery which is powered by your pee. If you are lack of juice (I still mean battery), you could just add some pee! [Read the rest of this entry...]