Combat Uniform Of The Future: Virus-Built Wearable Batteries

U.S. and Afghan army soldiers conduct a dismounted patrol near Combat Outpost Mizan in Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug 19, 2010. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Company F, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. The soldiers and members of the provincial reconstruction team met with residents to discuss upcoming provincial elections. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon

Virus-Built Wearable Batteries Could Power Military -- Discovery News

Viruses have plagued humanity for millennia, but now they've been tapped to build batteries that can be sprayed onto uniforms.

* Viruses are harnessed to produce parts for lithium-ion batteries.
* One virus made the anode, another, the cathode.
* Battery parts could be eventually grown in tobacco plants or sprayed onto clothing.

Batteries, built by viruses, could someday be sprayed onto military uniforms as wearable batteries.

Teams of researchers, one from MIT, one from the University of Maryland, have used two different viruses to create the cathode and anode for a lithium ion battery.

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My Comment: Wow .... what will they think of next.