# Fruit Energy Sources The Orange Battery by Caleb Charland Emits a Soft Glow By Meghan Young | Published 2012-11-16 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/orange-battery References: [thisiscolossal](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/11/the-energy-generated-from-a-single-orange/) & [calebcharland](http://calebcharland.com/) 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](http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/apple-powered-led-lamp), [lemon and limes](http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/caleb-charland-science-photos21) 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](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yarn-battery) between it and the citric acid. A visual treat, it lights up with a soft glow that would act perfectly as a [small nightlight](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lapso) for the home. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.3/10 - Popularity: 13% | Activity: 47% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Science](https://www.trendhunter.com/science) ## Key Themes ### 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. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Fruit-Inspired Lighting Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/banana-lamp.md) - [Glowing Power-Free Lamp Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nisshoku.md) - [Fruit-Inspired Furniture Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-stool.md) - [Crustacean-Based Batteries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crab-shell-batteries.md) - [Battery-Flavored Snack Chips](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/9volt-battery-chips.md) - [Vitamin-Packed Citrus Juicers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/citring-one.md) - [Citrus-Flavored Clean Energy Drinks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/virtue-clean-energy-orange.md) - [Paper-Based Energy Storage](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paper-battery.md) - [Saltwater-Powered Lanterns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/litepulse-ecolantern.md)