Tagged: Batteries

Discarded car batteries could become low-cost solar cells 0

Discarded car batteries could become low-cost solar cells

Great work by a team of MIT researchers that discovered one way to recycle lead from car batteries, to create long-lasting solar cells. 🙂 http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/3888×2416+0+115/resize/630×392!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/add4ebd8f7b0dd2d04d6607d8891324e/157402093.jpg Watch this! http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/20/discarded-car-batteries-could-become-low-cost-solar-cells/

Scientists turn sweat into electricity with a temporary tattoo 0

Scientists turn sweat into electricity with a temporary tattoo

Anyone remember The Matrix trilogy? http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/4b084146c9c78b9e72278d6ba565a8a3/200576094/sweattat.jpg Well, after all we are walking batteries so, what if we could harvest some of that to power tiny gadgets? In a way it sounds like a kind...

Scientists turn to hemp for cheap, fast-charging batteries 0

Scientists turn to hemp for cheap, fast-charging batteries

Fantastic and amazing news at the same time. http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/522861213060441a83588d16abd7d3ee/200575540/hemp-farm-ap-photo-p-solomon-banda.jpg Some wise person once said that the simplest solution is the most elegant and efficient. Well, if this gets commercialized for an affordable price and...