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AAAAAAAAA-size Li-Ion Cells

Posted by timothy on from the batteries-make-the-world-go-round dept.

Jasin Natael writes "Thought Li-Ion batteries were all the same? Think again. Several universities, under a grant from the US Office of Naval Research, are miniaturizing the anodes and cathodes of Li-Ion batteries to nanoscale, hoping to make more efficient, smaller cells that last longer."

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  1. Cool. by SexyKellyOsbourne · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Going a bit further, why not just put a miniscule amount of C4 in a bullet with those batteries and have explosive rounds? The 5.56 bullets we have now are effective, but simply lack the stopping power of an explosive-tipped armor-piercing warhead -- instead of a neat little hole in the head, which a mad terrorist could run through easily, why not just use C4-tipped rounds to destroy their head like a Gallagher-smashed watermelon?

    Oh, and you're sexier than me and get more than I do.

    I'm jealous!

  2. Re:Weapons use? by nmg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    God, just shut up.