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Sony generates power from shredded paper

Lifestyle Dec. 17, 2011 - 06:55AM JST ( 7 )

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MaboDofuIsSpicyDec. 16, 2011 - 09:39AM JST

Excellent. They can use all that garbage wood from Tohoku.
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combinibentoDec. 16, 2011 - 11:58AM JST

If only this technology was available in Olympus's heyday, there would have been enough power generated for the entire nation for several years.
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lrodriguezsosaDec. 16, 2011 - 08:18PM JST

This is excellent news! But I wonder. why positive news get so few comments?
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LagunaDec. 16, 2011 - 09:11PM JST

This truly is the future, though so few recognize it now; I only know as some of my graduate students are involved in related research. Two major approaches are involved: breaking down the lignin to access the glucose; and bioengineering microbes to process it. Today's namagomi is tomorrow's fuel - though certainly not in battery form.
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sf2kDec. 16, 2011 - 09:13PM JST

doesn't look like it can scale
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sourpussDec. 17, 2011 - 06:53AM JST

I wonder about the enzymes used.
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hellmasterDec. 17, 2011 - 10:04AM JST

good concept, but still far cry from being sustainable until the technique get improved