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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 In a fascinating followup at Popular Mechanics, Belcher now says that her unpublished work includes full-scale models of the batteries themselves, and that they could power everything from cars and laptops to medical devices and wearable armor.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 Koiu+Lpoi · · Score: -1, Troll

    You must be new here. A good title and summary from Slashdot? I don't expect it.

  2. Re:Make product by ILuvRamen · · Score: -1, Troll

    I read most of the article and from what I read, I'll assume it says "well, we built the structures but now we just have to fill them with maaaaaaaagic or something equally amazing that will generate electricity cuz the viri we have don't work"

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  3. Re:What could go wrong? by findingmaemo · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nice, but if Vista was powered by viruses, you could run the whole eastern seaboard off of just one laptop.