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

[Marc Emerson]

Now you're talking, I hear a pipeline robot can cost $750k+


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[mailto:robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com] On Behalf Of Don Colbath
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Fwd: NASA Tech Briefs INSIDER 09/19/06

Gee, maybe we need to work on something the oil companies will buy from 
us for millions of bucks.  Maybe the 100mpg carburetor.  Oh, never mind 
I already have one of those.

Don

brooksdesign wrote:

>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
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>>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
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>>>>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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>>Mike Scioli  <mike at scioli.com>
>>Humble Ecologist, Mad Biometrician, Impertinent Questioner
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safety
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