Inexpensive Thin Printable Batteries Developed


	Inexpensive Thin Printable Batteries Developed

disenchantedcitizen

7-3-2009 8:36 AM

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disenchantedcitizen says:

The batteries are printed using a silk-screen printing method similar to that used for t-shirts and signs.

We should begin seeing these on the market by the end of 2009.

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