Though a long way from being commercialized, the new battery developed by Sony generates electricity using glucose, which is chemically broken down with enzymes. Apparently, you can power small electronics endlessly through a supply of glucose solution which you pour into the battery (I’m sure airline security will love that). While glucose-powered batteries are more environmentally friendly because they don’t emit carbon dioxide, at this stage of development, they’re not yet very practical. The output of a single glucose cell is 50 milliwatts; in the photo above, four cells are linked together to generate sufficient power to operate an MP3 player.

Cool, now if i can get a battery to run off my fat cells….now THAT’S an idea

See this chair. Looks like a regular chair, feels like a regular chair and its even designed like a regular chair. What’s the big deal? This particular chair is made out of 100% recycled computer game console casings. A pli design it’s called the Reee Chair.

Awesome

Switzerland is going green

The world’s largest solar stadium located in Bern, Switzerland began operation this week. The Stade De Suisse has 10,738 solar cells from Kyocera with an overall output of 1.3 megawatts of power. That equals 350 four-person households.

The additional bonus is reducing CO2 emissions by 630 tons annually.

Green Technology is a hot topic these days and the tech companies are scurrying to cash in on it. I am not deluding myself that they care about the environment, but rather, that they are going with the tide.

Regardless, Verdant Computing is making it easier for the average person to find environmentally-friendly tech purchases without a lot of time-consuming research. It plans to sell products that meet certain criteria like ease of recycling, energy-efficiency, eco-friendly packaging, and several others.

Toyota has stumbled in the all-electric car race and now GM thinks it sees the finish line.

Because battery-safety problems, Toyota is delaying the plug-in, lithium-ion-based model until 2011.

Meanwhile, GM has just solidified a deal with Massachusetts-based A123 Systems to produce flat lithium-ion batteries for use in their future plug-in electric vehicles, like the Chevy Volt.

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said, "I think that our No. 1 competitor has some problems with their technology, and I do think that it very definitely opens a window of opportunity for us to be first to market with a genuine plug-in hybrid."

May the best car win!