Comments on: Flexible transparent battery in the works http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:51:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Viruss http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/comment-page-1/#comment-360510 Viruss Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:42:17 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/#comment-360510 If it only takes one minute to charge how long will it last? Anything short of an hour really wouldn't work that well with most tech these days... If it only takes one minute to charge how long will it last? Anything short of an hour really wouldn’t work that well with most tech these days…

]]> By: fredf http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/comment-page-1/#comment-312229 fredf Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:28:32 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/#comment-312229 This is a hoax! The presented picture is the transparent substrate they are using, not the battery itself which is opaque at the end! In their original paper (Takeo Suga, Hiroaki Konishi and Hiroyuki Nishide, Chem. Commun., 2007, 1730–1732), pictures have been messed-up. Note that these researchers never claimed about transparency since targeted application is paper battery (which is also kinda cool). This is a hoax! The presented picture is the transparent substrate they are using, not the battery itself which is opaque at the end! In their original paper (Takeo Suga, Hiroaki Konishi and Hiroyuki Nishide, Chem. Commun., 2007, 1730–1732), pictures have been messed-up. Note that these researchers never claimed about transparency since targeted application is paper battery (which is also kinda cool).

]]> By: Radoslaw Szwarc http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/comment-page-1/#comment-309748 Radoslaw Szwarc Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:39:27 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/#comment-309748 Don't worry. You are not the only one who is thinking about it. They wouldn't invent this type of battery if they wouldn't know possibilities that it would bring. Don’t worry. You are not the only one who is thinking about it. They wouldn’t invent this type of battery if they wouldn’t know possibilities that it would bring.

]]> By: Edgar http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/comment-page-1/#comment-302876 Edgar Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:33:13 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/#comment-302876 I can't believe I'm the only one who has ideas/opinions about this. I can’t believe I’m the only one who has ideas/opinions about this.

]]> By: Edgar http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/comment-page-1/#comment-301282 Edgar Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:09:25 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070326/flexible-transparent-battery-in-the-works/#comment-301282 If this battery ever becomes reasonably cheap to produce; it will help enormously with the storage of sun/wind energy. Batteries could be made in unobtrusive shapes. No need for a battery room in your solar home. Architects will love this. And, I assume, large amounts electricity could be stored in smaller lighter units. Since it charges very fast, a wind generator system would be able to absorb the "excess" electricity generated by a wind surge. Instead of having the windmill forcibly reduce the rotation of the blades. Battery size, weight, and charge times are important issues with electric cars. Problems solved. Since I know very little about this new technology all of the above could be "battery in the sky" dreaming. It will still be interesting to see how this thing evolves into new applications. If this battery ever becomes reasonably cheap to produce; it will help enormously with the storage of sun/wind energy.

Batteries could be made in unobtrusive shapes. No need for a battery room in your solar home. Architects will love this.

And, I assume, large amounts electricity could be stored in smaller lighter units.

Since it charges very fast, a wind generator system would be able to absorb the “excess” electricity generated by a wind surge. Instead of having the windmill forcibly reduce the rotation of the blades.

Battery size, weight, and charge times are important issues with electric cars. Problems solved.

Since I know very little about this new technology all of the above could be “battery in the sky” dreaming. It will still be interesting to see how this thing evolves into new applications.

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