Beefbisquit
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http://www.livescience.com/6206-scientists-discover-generate-electricity.html/
I find this exceptionally interesting.
I find this exceptionally interesting.
Carbon Nano-tubes are the batteries of the future!
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ginjawarrior
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might make electric cars much more practical 10 time more power than lithiums cool
wonder if they could tie it in with what they're doing with structural batteries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17014808
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I wonder how one would recharge it. It seems like it consumes itself in the power-generating step, making it less of a battery and more of a fuel cell. cn
tyler.durden
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Very cool, BB! Thanks for posting that. I wonder if instead of making cell phone batteries 10x smaller they could make them the same size and last 10x longer...
Toolage 87
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I agree. That also makes a person wonder how usefull it would be over batteries since batteries can be reused a ton of times.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I was thinking about that just the other day. It used to be that the only rechargeable batteries were for one's car or for a few special applications. "Batteries" for the longest time meant zinc-copper and alkaline zinc-manganese-type cells. These are not rechargeable. But a combination of technical advancement and a certain attitude toward the toxics that go into making batteries has strongly shifted the balance of product sold, and the popular semantics, toward rechargeables, like cell or laptop batteries, those in electric and hybrid cars, and the NiMH rechargeable AA and AAA cells now so available.
So I modify my sentiment about the invention in the OP. I see that it's a bona-fide battery, but it is in essence the type called a fuel cell. And the fuel seems very very expensive. cn