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MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries

Posted by timothy on from the used-to-power-the-black-helicopter dept.

mattnyc99 writes "There was plenty of chatter last week about an MIT announcement that researcher Angela Belcher had developed a way to create virus-based nanoscale batteries to power mini gadgets of the future. In a fascinating followup at Popular Mechanics, Belcher now says that her unpublished work includes full-scale models of the batteries themselves, and that they could power everything from cars and laptops to medical devices and wearable armor. Quoting: 'We haven't ruled out cars. That's a lot of amplification. But right now the thing is trying to make the best material possible, and if we get a really great material, then we have to think about how do you scale it.'"

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  1. Re:Efficiency? by Nymz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I see nothing in those articles about these batteries being "mega efficient", as the title of this Slashdot post screams.

    Unlike your behavior, most people aren't expected to critically read articles. In journalism you have to know your agenda, and stick to it.

    • Global Warming (never say Solar Warming)
    • Electric cars (see Global Warming)
    • Mega-efficiency (mega-words get attention, because truth is often boring and harmful to agendas)

    If a story doesn't cover your agenda, then you stretch it to fit like this story, but if you can't stretch it to fit, then you don't report it.