American artist Caleb Charland continues to experiment with alternate forms of energy with the creation of the Orange Battery. Unlike his past work that involved a slew of different fruit and produce including apples, lemon and limes powering a single lamp, the Orange Battery is a stunning work of art that dissects the common orange.
Peeled and pulled apart, the Orange Battery is like a science experiment gone right. Each orange slice has been impaled with a zinc nail, which produces a chemical reaction between it and the citric acid. A visual treat, it lights up with a soft glow that would act perfectly as a small nightlight for the home.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Alternative Energy Sources
- The use of unconventional items such as fruits and produce to power electrical items like lamps can be a potential disruptive innovation opportunity for the renewable energy industry.
- Sustainable Art Installations
- Creating captivating pieces of art using sustainable and eco-friendly techniques such as the Orange Battery can be a potential disruptive innovation opportunity for the art and design industry.
- Citric Acid Technology
- Further developing the technology behind the chemical reaction between citric acid and metals can be a potential disruptive innovation opportunity for industries involved in battery production and energy storage solutions.
Sectors Adopting This
- Renewable Energy
- Incorporating fruit and produce as alternative forms of energy and experimenting with new ways to create energy storage solutions can be a potential disruptive innovation opportunity for the renewable energy industry.
- Art and Design
- Exploring sustainable and eco-friendly techniques to create captivating art installations can be a potential disruptive innovation opportunity for the art and design industry.
- Battery Production
- Enhancing the technology behind the use of citric acid to power batteries can be a potential disruptive innovation opportunity for the battery production industry.
