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Guest
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:06 am
Researchers turn everyday paper into resilient, rechargeable energy
storage device

http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/n301.html

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new
energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet
of black paper
Benj
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:56 pm
Guest
nandana.sharma...@gmail.com wrote:
Quote:
Researchers turn everyday paper into resilient, rechargeable energy
storage device

http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/n301.html

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new
energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet
of black paper

"Another key feature is the capability to use human blood or sweat to
help power the battery."

Hmmm. This ought to reduce crime! I wonder if the battery works in
sunlight or if you have to place it on "native soil" during the day to
"recharge"...
Bill Miller
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:01 pm
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"Benj" <bjacoby@iwaynet.net> wrote in message
news:1187121413.577595.300340@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
Quote:

nandana.sharma...@gmail.com wrote:
Researchers turn everyday paper into resilient, rechargeable energy
storage device

http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/n301.html

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new
energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet
of black paper

"Another key feature is the capability to use human blood or sweat to
help power the battery."

Hmmm. This ought to reduce crime! I wonder if the battery works in
sunlight or if you have to place it on "native soil" during the day to
"recharge"...

But you would have to use garlic-free paper...


And it would be useless for orbiting space stations, since it would stop
working every time the satellite crossed over flowing water.

But it would be an ideal power source in coal mines, since the light of day
would never strike it.

Bill
 
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