Nanotube Supercapacitors

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Researchers have also gotten carbon nanotubes to lie down in channels carved on chips, but connecting the damn things to anything has proven to be a challenge. Now that they've found a way to connect them to metal, with a truly strong connection, they can start to design supercapacitors that last forever. Forget about batteries, with supercapacitors, you can instantly recharge anything and gang your supercapacitors together like so many leggos if you want. Theoretically, with stronger connections, you can make camping clothing out of carbon nanotubes, that you can simultaneously recharge and clean by throwing them in the fire. Fireproof camping clothing, that could possibly hold enough of a charge to run a laptop.

Throw them on the ground, and they mold, and go back to the soil like so many leaves. Punch holes in them with nails, and they may make a "Popping" sound.