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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Tech. I'm Larry Greenemeier. Got a minute?

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Lithium ion batteries power everything these days from smartphones to electric cars.

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They've been a great advance in portable power storage.

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On the downside, their spread also makes a big contribution to electronic waste dumps often found in developing countries.

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But IBM scientists in India may have come up with a way to decrease the numbers of discarded batteries while also bringing electricity to underserved parts of the world.

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They developed an experimental power supply, called the UrJar, consisting of reusable lithium ion cells salvaged from three-year-old laptop battery packs.

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For a study of the technology, the researchers enlisted street vendors who had no access to grid electricity.

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Most users reported good results.

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Several of them used the UrJar to keep an LED light going for up to six hours daily.

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For one participant, the power supply meant keeping the business open two hours later than usual.

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IBM presented its findings the first week of December at the Symposium on Computing for Development in San Jose, California.

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The UrJar isn't ready for the market quite yet.

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But it shows that one person's trash could literally light up someone's life halfway around the world.

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Tech. I'm Larry Greenemeier.

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