On 7 Apr 2010 at 13:36, Clint Bradford wrote: Date sent: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:36:03 -0700 From: Clint Bradford <clintbradf...@mac.com> Subject: [amsat-bb] Lithium-Air Batteries Promising To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
> Lithium-air battery technology looks to have a big future. With the potential > of providing energy densities up to three times that of the conventional > lithium-ion batteries found in just about every portable consumer electronics > device going around (not to mention the incoming wave of electric vehicles), > many companies, including IBM and General Motors are pursuing work on > lithium-air batteries. Now researchers at MIT have made a breakthrough that > could help make the commercial development of lightweight rechargeable > batteries a reality. > > Entire article: http://tinyurl.com/li-air > > Clint Bradford, K6LCS Interesting but this part is troubling me a bit for a space usage "and the fact that oxygen is freely available in the environment and doesn´t need to be stored in the battery."! "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
