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Conductive eTextiles: Stanford finds a new use for cloth

Stanford researchers have moved from making batteries from paper to making batteries from cloth. Your-T-shirt could become a lighted, moving display.

A team of Stanford researchers is producing batteries and simple capacitors from ordinary textiles dipped in nanoparticle-infused ink. The conductive textiles – dubbed "eTextiles" – represent a new class of integrated energy storage device, born from the synthesis of prehistoric technology with cutting-edge materials science.

BY AIMEE MILES

Full Story: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/february1/batteries-from-cloth-020510.html

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