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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. On behalf of the metric system by blacklite001 · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's a micrometer and a nanoamp.

    Really, that's what prefixes are for, you can do better than that. Thanks.

  2. A new candy! by Josh+Booth · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about we create a new kind of candy with this stuff. It would be like Poprocks but it electrocutes you with the millions of micro-batteries it has. I wonder how toxic these batteries are.

    <quote source="The Simpsons">
    "We knew that the gum had spiders eggs in it, but the Haunta virus! Heh heh."
    --Krusty the Klown
    </quote>

    Oh, it's patented. Nevermind.

  3. Lab experiments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's still a lab experiment, but then so was the semiconductor at one time.

    Just like that blue cheese in my refrigerator was once milk.

  4. Microscopic battery by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    Below is an attached a pic of the battery.

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    "Derp de derp."
  5. Admins, please read the article by Sir+Holo · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's not a microscopic battery. From the article:

    ...For this reason, some researchers feel that it is premature to describe the set- up as a battery.


    Also, the title is misleading. "Nano Power for Nano Devices Patented" sounds like the idea of having any power for nano devices has been patented. It's not that. The researchers have simply come up with a method to produce a structure that could be used for the purpose. There are undoubtedly numerous other ways of achieving this same goal. They're just one of the first reporting one to the mainstream press.

  6. Battery size.. by adeyadey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it an AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA battery then?

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    "You lied to me! There is a Swansea!"