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Wes Phillips Blog

Baked Seaweed Capacitors Bookmark and Share Posted Fri Aug 4, 2006, 5:41 AM ET

French researchers have constructed "supercapacitors" from burnt-to-a-crisp seaweed.

Ayre's Charlie Hansen prefers "organic" components whenever possible. Wonder if Ayre will be the first high-end manufacturer to give them a go?

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Posted Fri Aug 4, 2006, 10:23 AM — By Jeff Wong

"The French team cooked alginate in an air-free enclosure, turning it into a black powder. They then combined this with a polymer binder to make a hard material, which they shaped into electrodes for supercapacitors."

I don't imagine we'll see "Ayre-free" or "Ayre-ated" in any company literature.

Posted Sun Aug 6, 2006, 10:01 AM — By Mike

Wow, sushi capacitors!

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