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Nano Power for Nano Devices Patented

Posted by timothy on from the small-things-small-packages dept.

lperdue writes "Scientists at the Univ. Oklahoma at Tulsa have come up with a microscopic battery just a thousandth of a millimetre across ... and rated at a millionth of a milliamp. It's still a lab experiment, but then so was the semiconductor at one time."

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  1. Re:Utility? by AlgebraicSpore · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think the better thing is that you could spread it out over a thin sheet instead of making the battery shapes of right now. Like you could cover the bottom of a laptopcase with them. That is just my two cents.

  2. Re:Admins, please read the article by jo42 · · Score: 2, Insightful


    ...and what are they going to do with all the heat that nano devices will generate?