The Swedes have invented a device that uses water and oxygen to produce energy. It consists of a power card and a port.
MyFC, the Swedish startup, presented the new technology, JAQ, at the end of last year, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The invention consists of a battery that uses water and oxygen to produce energy. This can later be used to charge mobile phone batteries.
As I said, the device consists of a power card and a port, in which it is inserted. The user only has to "charge" the card with salt water, which has the role of triggering the chemical reactions necessary for the production of electricity. This entire process takes place when the card is inserted into the port.
To charge a phone's battery, it is necessary to connect it to the device's port, using a regular power cable. JAQ is capable of producing around 1800 milliamps/hour, which means that it has enough power to charge an ordinary smartphone. If you want to power larger devices, such as an iPad, it is necessary to use several cards, this is because the device can only be used once.
How does it work? As in a chemistry class, I tell you that it works by combining two reactants, hydrogen and oxygen. More precisely, the hydrogen atoms from the salt water will enter the 10 power cells of the card, at the anode. Some chemical reactions take place there, as a result of which atoms are stripped of electrons. They produce electricity, with which the smartphone's battery is powered. At the cathode, oxygen from the air enters, it combines with hydrogen ions, producing water.
Cthe company anticipates that JAQ the product will be ready for delivery at the end of this year.
