Thursday, April 2, 2009
Sick power
Batteries are needed in everyday life. You use them for your cars, phones, lights, just about anything. The batteries we use for our electronic devices have mostly relied on non-lifelike arrangements such as lead-acid and nickel-cadmium hybrids to produce power. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) report that they constructed a battery that uses biological matter, namely a virus dubbed M13 as a key component. This virus essentially acts as a “biological scaffold,” to support elements of a lithium ion-type battery. At M.I.T they have already created a prototype that has been as a coin cell, batteries in watches and small lights. Researches believe that eventually this battery would be the new battery used in ipods, cell phones, and even hybrid cars.
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In a generation in which almost all everday devices require some type of electric storage, it has been the goal of countless engineers to extend the life of these batteries. It seems that this breakthrough at MIT has found a biological manner of creating a more efficient battery that may make lithium-ion technology outdated.
The perfect storage of energy has always been a leading goal for scientists and engineers. To accomplish this would revolutionize technology and how the world works. Even the economy would be severely impacted by the implications of such a storage device. This technology allows us to further encroach upon this goal.
This will help average everyday people and will also help big buisness. This is something which will change the way people do things for ever. It will help people enjoy there technology more as opposed to having it die.
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