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MIT Developing a Battery Half the Size of a Human Cell
Posted by Adrian Covert at 6:15 AM on August 24, 2008
MIT Researchers are working on virus-based microbatteries that are about half the size of a human cell. Using a combination of virus cultivation (which assembles itself) an soft lithography, Paula Hammond and team were able manufacture the battery, which consists of a cathode, anode and electrolyte. They hope the breakthrough will allow for applications like implantable medical sensors and labs that fit on a computer chip. [MIT via Good Clean Tech via PC World]
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Avizzv92
Posted 6:33 AM 24/8/08
Whose going to be the one to change the batteries?
Avizzv92
snoop-blog
Posted 6:28 AM 24/8/08
I'm still waiting for the pc hard drive to be replaced with a living pigs brain...
snoop-blog
GadgetPlay
Posted 6:26 AM 24/8/08
I think the picture is absolutely up to Gizmodo standards.
GadgetPlay
Jackson the Narcisisst
Posted 6:23 AM 24/8/08
So....this is the new coffee.
Jackson the Narcisisst
Vivara
Posted 6:21 AM 24/8/08
That image is not up to Gizmodo standards, but funny nonetheless.
It would be an amazing breakthrough if this was to work.
Vivara
Shockage
Posted 7:01 AM 24/8/08
DON'T TAZE ME BRO
they'll taze you...from the insides
Shockage
MadColombian
Posted 6:56 AM 24/8/08
@Charging_Mooses: am I the only one that's afraid? This might be the virus that kills humanity.
MadColombian
Charging_Mooses
Posted 6:54 AM 24/8/08
@Avizzv92: "Using a combination of virus cultivation (which assembles itself)" I expect they just die, then grow new ones, reproduce like a virus? i have no idea what im talking about, so i could be wrong (probably am)
Charging_Mooses
snoop-blog
Posted 6:53 AM 24/8/08
@Avizzv92: They will include a wall-charger...
snoop-blog
Kirk Douglas
Posted 7:20 AM 24/8/08
I thought that MIT was trying produce the next Gordon Freeman still?
Kirk Douglas
jayhawk11
Posted 8:10 AM 24/8/08
This is just the first step towards the Matrix. Just wait until B-166-ER kills someone....
jayhawk11
jimmyJAKE!
Posted 8:55 AM 24/8/08
looks like a new virus-hype movie concept
jimmyJAKE!
Charging_Mooses
Posted 12:06 PM 24/8/08
@MadColombian: yeah... they'd better come out with some sort of way to kill it before it comes out to public
Charging_Mooses
Stem_Sell
Posted 2:15 PM 24/8/08
Viral Energizers -- they keep going and going and replicating and evolving and transmuting and, eventually, overlording...
Stem_Sell
Aqualero
Posted 4:19 PM 24/8/08
Check your grammar/spelling. Gizmodo seems to have a problem with a/an. "An" precedes a noun with a vowel-sound beginning, such as apple, economic, or ironic. "A" precedes words beginning with anything other than a vowel, such as bridge, lamp, or window. Notable exceptions include words whose beginnings sound like a vowel in the original British tone, such as "History." "An Historical event" is considered appropriate, just like "An Heroic event." Let's get it straight guys. We're on the pinnacle of technical evolution, so let's not sound like country bumkins, y'all. (If I can get this in correct in any way at 2:22 AM post toiletus exodus, surely you and your editors can step it up)
Aqualero
yogibimbi
Posted 7:08 PM 24/8/08
@Aqualero: surely you are talking about the unfortunate phrase 'an soft lithography'. Well, you both are wrong. It does not have anything to do with 'a' or 'an' but it's rather an 'and' missing the 'd'. Whatever... Semantics over syntax. Another example why computers (still) suck at natural language.
yogibimbi
heylookitscook
Posted 11:17 PM 24/8/08
@Aqualero: Gizmodo has spent too much time on a tech support call with Dell.
heylookitscook
StarChaser Tyger
Posted 11:34 PM 24/8/08
@Aqualero: In accordance with the internet rule that any spelling flame must contain a spelling error; 'Bumpkin' has a P in it. :-p
StarChaser Tyger
hu_hu_cool
Posted 1:27 AM 25/8/08
Its a miss print! get over yourselves. This is why you got bet up in high-school.
hu_hu_cool
Log1c
Posted 1:42 AM 25/8/08
@hu_hu_cool: Its beat.
Log1c
the_amazing_doug
Posted 6:39 AM 25/8/08
ZOMG ITS SKYNET.
the_amazing_doug
Collins1
Posted 8:48 AM 25/8/08
OMIDAYZ! They're not called "batteries" They're CELLS!
Collins1
rsquared
Posted 9:22 AM 25/8/08
@jayhawk11: "The Matrix" was the first thing I thought of, can't believe that wasn't in the very first comment, isn't it all geeks ever think about (Well, that and robot sex)?
rsquared
Edi_bOMB
Posted 9:21 AM 25/8/08
The picture is really self explanatory...
Edi_bOMB
cmantito
Posted 2:06 PM 25/8/08
Oh my god, I caught the battery virus! Quick, charge your cellphone with my arm!
cmantito
jchasse
Posted 12:02 AM 26/8/08
The answer is out there, Neo. It's looking for you. And it will find you. If you want it to...
jchasse
CrashOverride777
Posted 6:33 AM 24/8/08
If this works I can watch BattleStar Galactica in my brain! Make this happen MIT.
CrashOverride777
mynameisDJ
Posted 11:22 AM 26/8/08
can i borrow that picture for my MS Paint contest entry?
mynameisDJ