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Printable Batteries Should Arrive Next Year

Posted by timothy on from the return-to-the-goodness-of-aa dept.

FullBandwidth writes "Paper-thin batteries that can be printed onto greeting cards or other flexible substrates have been demonstrated at Fraunhofer Research Institution for Electronic Nano Systems in Germany. The batteries have a relatively short life span, as the anode and cathode materials dissipate over time. However, they contain no hazardous materials."

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  1. Why do Germans invent so much technology? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Printable batteries is another amazing technical achievement by the Germans. To that achievement, we can add the invention of calculus (co-invented with an Englishman), rocket technology (that eventually became the Saturn V), part of the foundation of quantum physics, automotive technology (beating Ford to the punch), etc. Why have the Germans (including Albert Einstein) achieved so much?

    Why have the Africans achieved almost nothing in the area of pure and applied sciences?

    Could the IQ difference be the reason? Average Japanese IQ and average German IQ is about 20 points greater than African IQ.

  2. You ignore the notion of a Gaussian curve. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The average IQ of Africans is indeed 20 points below the IQ of Japanese and Germans. However, IQ has a Gaussian distribution. That some atypical Negroes (like yourself) may have developed minimal technologies (truly minimal stuff like a traffic light) does not prove that the average low IQ of Africans is an incorrect measurement.

    The scientific accomplishments of Africans are almost non-existent. The grand-parent poster is correct in making that claim. He did not claim, "zero accomplishments". He declared, "almost nothing".

    Most people working in Silicon Valley know that Negroes are nearly 0% of the high-tech workforce. If you want to work in an area where Negros are almost existent, then consider advanced mathematical research. You will find exactly 2 race groups in that area: they are Whites and Asians.

    The racist here is you, Mr. Negro. You try to diminish the accomplishments of the Japanese using a verbal trick to equate the huge volume of Japanese technical inventions with the miniscule thimble of African technical inventions.

  3. Re:Free Energy, woo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What happened to Conservation of Energy?

    YOU FUCKING ASSHAT!!!

  4. Re:Free Energy, woo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now we can have an unlimited supply of electrical energy. Just keep photocopying the batteries!

    printable batteries what a load of cods wallop, you know some people havent got the brains of an Arch bishop