[Robotgroup] Fwd: NASA Tech Briefs INSIDER 09/19/06

[brooksdesign]

Awsome ,But unless it is way too expensive to be practical for e-cars the patent will probably bought up by big oil and shelved like every other good battery tech in the past 30 years .
-brooks

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Scioli <mike at scioli.com>
>Sent: Sep 20, 2006 2:12 PM
>To: The Robot Group <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Subject: [Robotgroup] Fwd: NASA Tech Briefs INSIDER 09/19/06
>
>>>PLASTIC BATTERY
>>>Researchers at Brown University (Providence, RI) have constructed a
>>>prototype battery that uses polymers to conduct electricity. Designers
>>>took a thin strip of gold-coated plastic film and covered the tip with
>>>polypyrrole and a substance that alters its conductive properties. The
>>>process was then repeated with another strip of film, but with another
>>>kind of conduction-altering chemical on the tip. The plastic strips
>>>were then stuck together, separated by a membrane to prevent a short
>>>circuit.
>>>
>>>The battery acts as a hybrid: it can store and deliver a charge (like a
>>>battery), but can also be charged and discharged to deliver power (like
>>>a capacitor). The design improved upon both concepts, delivering over
>>>100 times the power of a standard alkaline battery and having twice the
>>>storage capacity of an electric double-layer capacitor. It is as thin
>>>as an overhead transparency, and about the size of an iPod Nano.
>>>
>>>For more information, visit: http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20060919A6
>
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>
>All the best....
>
>Mike
>
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