Viruses Tapped To Create Spray-On Batteries

disco_tracy writes "Two different viruses have been used to create the cathode and anode for a lithium-ion battery. If research pans out, the parts could be grown in and harvested from tobacco plants and then woven into or sprayed onto clothing to power a wide range of electronic devices."

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Re:Clothing?

[Anachragnome]

Seriously? Flamebait?

A ten-fold increase in efficiency, and all they can think of for applications is clothing? A ten-fold increase in automotive battery efficiency would push electric cars into the realm of "practical-for-everyday-use-and-beyond". A shirt that might hold a few phonecalls worth of juice, that might not even survive a wash cycle? C'mon people, what ever happened to priorities?

Sounds like someone didn't like their article getting nit-picked.