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Thin, Flexible Printable Battery For Smartcards

Posted by chrisd on from the don't-hate-me-because-I'm-well-engineered dept.

cornflux writes "This would be a nice way to power a really smart smartcard: Power Paper, Ltd. has created an alkaline-like energy cell that is (among other things) thin, flexible, and "green." Furthermore, it is printable via a silk-screening process onto paper, plastic, and other flexible materials. ABCNEWS.com has the story."

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  1. fscking great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yet another stupid, useless flash-in-the-pan technology that has no bearing whatsoever on anything to anyone for any reason.

    You people will get worked up over anything, won't you?

    And it's only a matter of time before our noble US government decides to find a way to track us all with this stuff. Big Brother is watching us.