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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
One more promising technology is the utra-capacitor being developed by Eestor. That concept will be applied to all the gadgets we use.
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Well, what do you think is going into the latest supercapacitor and ultracapacitor research? Fullerenes.
Fullerenes aren't the same as nanotechnology. nanotech is machines constructed atom by atom. Fullerenes are natural organizations of one atom, carbon. We just have to figure out easier ways of constructing them.
I'm not saying we're at the crux of turning them out by the ton, but scientists have already proven their capacity to store more energy in a smaller space, charge and discharge faster, and handle more cycles than conventional materials. The day we work out mass-production and controlled manufacture of fullerenes is a day worth celebrating. (And that day will probably be the first real day of the nanotechnology era, too.)
Another waay overdue item: All lawn mowers--in fact, all powered lawn implements--should be cordless electrics by now (and waiting for their ultracapacitor batteries).