Transparent Lithium-Ion Battery Created

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @08:22AM from the hard-to-see dept.

Med-trump writes "Stanford researchers say they have developed a transparent battery. Transparent futuristic gadgets have been a topic of science fiction and dream of engineers. The paper "Transparent lithium-ion batteries" was published in the July 25 edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They used a grid-structured electrode, which is fabricated by a microfluidics-assisted method, such that the feature dimension in the electrode is below the resolution limit of human eyes, and, thus, the electrode appears transparent."

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Disappointing by Ossifer · 2011-07-27 08:26 · Score: 1, Funny

So no transparent aluminum then?
Re:What's the point? by ColdWetDog · 2011-07-27 08:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Do they have transparent copper wires and circuit boards now as well? Because without them, I'm really not seeing the point of having a transparent battery.
Steve Jobs is obviously behind this. Think it's hard to replace the battery in a iPhone or MacBook now? Wait until you can't see it!

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Darn it! by mcgrew · 2011-07-27 08:31 · Score: 1, Funny

Where'd I put that battery?

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