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Thrax
14 Aug 2007, 04:44pm
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-08/rpi-bbs080907.php) a swank new battery all on a sheet of paper. By embedding carbon nanotubes in regular paper, then saturating the paper with electrolytes, it exhibits capacitance. In the future, this technology could be used to create sheets of supercapacitors or batteries.

No word yet as to the cost or the charge held, but if you have to ask, the answer is "Very high" and "Not much," we'd wager.

RyderOCZ
14 Aug 2007, 06:29pm
Sounds interesting...was this the entire article or do you have a link?

Thrax
14 Aug 2007, 06:31pm
Post updated.

Buddy J
14 Aug 2007, 06:33pm
Also, BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6945732.stm) has it.

RWB
18 Aug 2007, 08:12pm
hrm....

1x paper thin battery + 1x paper thin solar panel + 1x paper thin OLED display = 1x awesome thin video player.