But if you are interested, this new Graphene battery MIT designed presents some pretty interesting possibilities for the future of electrical storage and by extrapolation, alternative energies:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27625/

Read up. Sorry if it's a repost. Article date 3/5.

Originally Posted by TMO

But if you are interested, this new Graphene battery MIT designed presents some pretty interesting possibilities for the future of electrical storage and by extrapolation, alternative energies:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27625/

Read up. Sorry if it's a repost. Article date 3/5.

I wonder if our tax dollars paid for this research

Probably paid for by a Gov Grant, so yes tax dollars.

I started this thread to talk about batteries. Political posts are not welcome. Please refer to board terms of use, and recognize that we have an area of RC Groups dedicated to such discussions as use of tax dollars and research funding: the LTUP forum.

Interesting technology, but indeed, when will we see a practical application...
This could help reverse global warming if we use it on a large enough scale!

Work has been done in Hong Kong, so no need to worry about US tax funding ;-)

Graphene is amazing. 50 amps through a wire a fraction the diameter of a human hair.
I say 10 more years before we see real and affordable applications with this.

Rick

Originally Posted by TMO

I started this thread to talk about batteries. Political posts are not welcome. Please refer to board terms of use, and recognize that we have an area of RC Groups dedicated to such discussions as use of tax dollars and research funding: the LTUP forum.

Thanks for this comment.

So I could on day stay at the field all day without any kind of charging equipment? Sweet!

We will see this technology I think in the future. Im sure they could make some truely awesome packs now ... They just wouldn't be able to sell them due to the high price they would cost.

Originally Posted by TMO

I started this thread to talk about batteries. Political posts are not welcome. Please refer to board terms of use, and recognize that we have an area of RC Groups dedicated to such discussions as use of tax dollars and research funding: the LTUP forum.

Whats political about it if its true? This thread should be moved to the "LTUP Forum" you speak of since its funded as such. Didn't know facts were political. Why are peoples feelings being hurt so bad these days?

Originally Posted by goodanna

This could help reverse global warming if we use it on a large enough scale!

Global warming .. loolol. Ice has melted forever my friend.

Originally Posted by crash-rc

Probably paid for by a Gov Grant, so yes tax dollars.

And those tax dollars allow teamscon to post ignorant comments for the rest of us to read.


But hey maybe if he read the article he would have realized that this wasn't an mit battery but a china polytech university that created it.

Originally Posted by stgdz

And those tax dollars allow teamscon to post ignorant comments for the rest of us to read.


But hey maybe if he read the article he would have realized that this wasn't an mit battery but a china polytech university that created it.

Are tax dollars funding this forum also? Is the government paying my internet ppayments? If not .. how are they allowing me to post my comments?

Great article, TMO. Thanks for sharing. So glad to research and breakthroughs like this.