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17-25 October 2026

POND

Energy from microbes

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Artist impression POND
Artist impression POND
Ermi van Oers
POND will become the first floating network in the world which will harvest its energy from organic compounds in the water. With this energy we establish multiple things: collect and send data on the quality of the water and at the same time the wellbeing is shown by different colours of light.
Nova Innova (a creative studio which combines nature, science and design to create sustainable applications) created the POND network. What would be more beautiful then generating electricity from a collaboration with living organisms? POND generates ener
Geobacter: the electric microbe
Geobacter: the electric microbe
Umass Geobacter.org & Micropia.nl
Collect and send data on the quality of the water
Collect and send data on the quality of the water
Ermi van Oers

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