fastcompany.com — Researchers at MIT have figured out how to genetically manipulate viruses to build structures packed with tiny conductive wires. They expect to deliver a prototype in two years, and their technology could eventually supplant today's lithium ion with thin, transparent cells boasting two to three times the energy
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entruncJul 26, 2006
Wow now that's an innovative invention!
Closed AccountJul 26, 2006
Nah, its an inventive innovation.
mookiexlJul 26, 2006
They use "harmless viruses called bacteriophages". So probably nothing.
duestJul 26, 2006
*sigh* Gone are the days when you can toss "ebola" or "monkey" into a sentence and be a comic genius.
xyggdrasilxJul 26, 2006
Something tells me that a new age battery's ability to be aware and then as a result take over the world will be somewhat inhibited.
kuru225Jul 26, 2006
i thought it was a PC virus that charges feeswow i was way off
ratbeardJul 26, 2006
Yah, my dad, err my uncle made one that functioned like that. It spun the hard drives really fast (I think like 500) and they broke. It busted out my monitor (it got a crack through it).
weeklygeekJul 26, 2006
I bet the religious right latches on to this and tries to claim that virii are alive, so this would be a sort of virus slavery.
quietbobJul 26, 2006
"Homeless man makes living powering the Goggle Grid harvesting the potential of his cells."