[Elecraft] Battery news

[Walter Underwood]

Nature is about as prestigious as you get for scientific publications, and Nature Communications is their online-only journal. 

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n4/full/ncomms2747.html
http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0416microbatteries_WilliamKing.html

wunder
K6WRU

On Apr 17, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Fred Townsend wrote:

> " The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in
> size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered
> by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery-and then recharge the
> phone in the blink of an eye."
> 
> Sounds like an April fools addition to me.
> 73
> Fred, AE6QL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kevinr
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:33 AM
> To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Battery news
> 
> http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/04/new-microbatteries-boost-electronics
> 
> Maybe we will be able to shrink the batteries down to something easy to
> carry on that day hike up the mountain.
>    73,
>         Kevin.  KD5ONS
> 
> 
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