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Stanford Creates Pomegranate-inspired Battery

posted by LaminatorX on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the three-seeds-from-Hades dept.

TheUnknownCoder writes:

"Researchers at Stanford University have taken inspiration from the pomegranate to design a supercharged anode battery. Working in collaboration with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the team used the pomegranate's unique seed design to make a battery that can store 10 times more charge than a standard rechargeable lithium-ion battery."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Boxzy on Saturday March 01 2014, @07:36PM

    by Boxzy (742) on Saturday March 01 2014, @07:36PM (#9201) Journal

    New Phone designs. Just be careful they don't roll away!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:09PM (#9229)

    Sorry, Apple has a patent on both rounded corners and fruit-based technologies.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:22PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:22PM (#9233)

      But mixing fruit with cake has prior art.