Batt//Gen: A self-recharging device

The search for new sustainable energy sources seems to have come to an end with the discovery of Human Photosynthesis ® in the year 2002. The finding that not only plants but all living beings are able to capture energy from... [ view full abstract ]

The search for new sustainable energy sources seems to have come to an end with the discovery of Human Photosynthesis ® in the year 2002. The finding that not only plants but all living beings are able to capture energy from light and concatenate it to drive the biochemical processes that make up them, opens a new era in different areas of human knowledge, such as biology, medicine, energy, ecology, food production; etc.

To date, it was a deeply rooted dogma that only plants can transform light energy into chemical energy by dissociating the water molecule. But, during an observational, descriptive study, about the morphological characteristics of the tiny blood vessels of the optic nerve and its relationship with the three main causes of blindness-Glaucoma, Diabetes, Macular degeneration related to the Age-we were able to identify a molecule in the human eye, which, in the presence of light and water, generates energy for centuries.

The mode of action of this molecule is like chlorophyll as it transforms light into chemical energy through the dissociation of the water molecule, although it is thousands of times more efficient than it, as the chlorophyll only absorbs the ends of the visible spectrum (Violet and red), while melanin can absorb the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays.

Melanin is the most stable substance known, as it has been found in good condition the ink sacks of fossilized squid that died 170 million years ago. It is therefore to be expected that melanin-based designs can generate energy for thousands or millions of years.