Plastic Battery Invented!

Engineers at Brown have invented a battery that uses plastic, instead of metal, to conduct electricty. The new device, “marries the power of a capacitor with the storage capacity of a battery.”

Exciting stuff, but the question on everyone’s tongues is… does this mean it won’t go Hiroshima in my laptop?

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