A new disposable paper battery activates with a few drops of water. It seeks to minimize the overall environmental impact in the long run. Sure, it sounds quite interesting, but does it hold up enough ...

Although it's always best to reuse and recycle, many small, simple, low-power electronic devices tend to be single-use. A new paper battery could make them more eco-friendly, as it's activated by ...

A water-activated disposable paper battery is presented in a proof-of-principle study in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that it could be used to power a wide range of low-power, single-use ...

A new, "just-add-water" disposable paper battery could power small-scale electronics such as smart labels for tracking parcels and medical diagnostic devices. Because it is made of paper and contains ...

A battery made from paper coated with graphite and zinc dust can provide power for a range of tiny disposable electronics, with possible uses in real-time delivery tracking, environmental monitoring ...

It sounds impossible: Just add water to a piece of paper and get energy. Researchers at Empa, a Swiss research institute, devised a proof of concept for a water-activated disposable battery powered by ...

A team of researchers has developed a water-activated disposable paper battery. The researchers suggest that it could be used to power a wide range of low-power, single-use disposable electronics -- ...