A boon for electrics

[Randy Powell]

Saw this in Yahoo news today. Now this could really be cool in an electric system.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091207/sc_nm/us_battery_paper

[Richard Grogan]

That is amazing Randy!This will change the face of alot of things e-powered. And just think, when you order your 4-5 string 4800mAh batterys, they will be shipped to you in an stamped envelope!

The possibilities are endless, with this new technology!

[Jim Thomerson]

There is all kinds of amazing stuff going on.  Press releases on same are here. 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/  i visit this site every day.

[Dennis Adamisin]

That is amazing Randy!This will change the face of alot of things e-powered. And just think, when you order your 4-5 string 4800mAh batterys, they will be shipped to you in an stamped envelope!

The possibilities are endless, with this new technology!

Hmmm, if I read that correctly they won't come IN an envelope , they will be shipped AS the envelope!

[Mike Anderson]

Probably shipped like everything else electronic these days - in a blister pack that can only be opened with a chain saw and a fire axe.

[Randy Powell]

My thought was just that you wouldn't have to worry about that heavy battery pack. Suddenly, electrics become pretty cool from a weight perspective. Of course, each battery "pack" will cost the moon... Oh wait, that's true now.   

The concept is pretty cool and we may see a huge surge in battery technology in the next little bit.

[Richard Grogan]

Will this mean that we will start seeing really looong nosed airplanes, due to this amazing weight loss program(or a bunch of lead being used)? Or a lot of really short tail moment designs?

[Mike Scholtes]

Fascinating. I also note that the researchers are Ying Cui (lead engineer), Peidong Yang, Liangbing Hu, JangWook Choi, and Yuan Yang, all at Stanford and Berkeley. Do you think from this fact we can make some deductions about policy for supporting engineering in US undergraduate programs?

[Dave Adamisin]

Think about maybe the only thing they ship is the nanotube solution. You use it under the silkspan and the wings become the battery.

[John Stiles]

My thought was just that you wouldn't have to worry about that heavy battery pack. Suddenly, electrics become pretty cool from a weight perspective. Of course, each battery "pack" will cost the moon... Oh wait, that's true now.   

The concept is pretty cool and we may see a huge surge in battery technology in the next little bit.

Probly be so big you hafta tow it like a sleeve

[Robert McHam]

Maybe we will have paper airplanes in our future? (engines not included)!


Robert