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Mark · 10-20-2003, 06:14 AM

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Water turned into electricity - clean, efficient, portable and plentiful. This is very good news.

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Initial applications could be mobile phones and other electronic devices that use rechargeable batteries, but Larry Kostiuk and Daniel Kwok, researchers at the University of Alberta who made the discovery, think that, in time, it could even be used for full-scale power generation. The "water battery" would be non-polluting, non-toxic and completely portable. And it could be ready for commercial application before the end of the decade. The discovery uses the movement of water through microscopic channels to generate electricity by using just a hand-operated syringe, some water and a piece of glass 1cm in diameter and 3mm long. It is a breakthrough application of nanotechnology, the science of molecule-sized artefacts.

Mediancat · 10-20-2003, 06:45 AM

It may be good news, but it isn't Political. It seems more suited for Science & Skepticism.

Rob aka Mediancat

Derec · 10-20-2003, 07:58 AM

Go to Power from water ... not

UMoC

Mark · 10-20-2003, 09:55 AM

Yeah it was only after I posted this that I noticed. Sorry.

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10-20-2003, 06:45 AM	#2
Mediancat Contributor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Baltimore County, MD Posts: 19,644	It may be good news, but it isn't Political. It seems more suited for Science & Skepticism. Rob aka Mediancat

10-20-2003, 07:58 AM	#3
Derec Contributor Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 15,686	Go to Power from water ... not UMoC

10-20-2003, 09:55 AM	#4
Mark Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,537	Yeah it was only after I posted this that I noticed. Sorry.

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