Paper Batteries
If you haven't seen or read about this yet then you need to do so now. This video comes from Stanford and shows what is basically called a paper battery. In the video the scientists take a regular piece of paper, and put ink made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires on it. The ink adheres to the paper and creates a lightweight flexible highly conductive storage device. While they only powered a small light, the possibilities are endless and could provide the breakthrough that we've been looking for in the energy crisis. This could mean lighter, more powerful, and even cheaper batteries than what we have now. They could be used to power everything from a cell phone to a car, given enough power. What's even more exciting is the fact that this technology is not far away, and could be commercialized sooner than we think.
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