Paper Batteries

from the e-packages dept

An Israeli company has created paper-thin batteries that can be printed on packages. This seems pretty cool - except that most of the uses discussed appear to be for marketing things. Yes, soon expect consumer products to blink and flash and sing at you. You would think someone could come up with a better use for something like this. It's not clear from the article how strong the battery is or how long it will last. If it's actually pretty powerful then there could be a ton of potential uses for it.

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    Yuck!

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    D.V. Henkel-Wallace, Feb 13th, 2001 @ 4:58am

    The stuff is supposedly safe to discard but I imagine it would prevent recycling of anything it was printed on. What a shame!

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    Some data

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    Duffman, Feb 13th, 2001 @ 10:26am

    Some technical data and more detailed explanations are available on the Power Paper website. It functions as a 1.5 V battery, but there are no costs listed - I would assume anyway that you can't purchase them individually.

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    No Subject Given

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    Anonymous Coward, Feb 13th, 2001 @ 3:06pm

    you should read Howstuffworks. They reported on these batteries a month ago.

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    Re: Some data

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    Anonymous Coward, Feb 13th, 2001 @ 3:08pm

    HowStuffWorks.com has a great explanation of these batteries. Go to this page.

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    Re: Some data

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    Anonymous Coward no. 2, Feb 13th, 2001 @ 6:48pm

    Hmm... wonder if AC has any vested interest in howstuffworks? Could you tell me where that info is again AC? ;)

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