The new Electric Cessna 172

On Jan 1, 1:24*pm, wrote:
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http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/12/sup...enable-electri...

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Mark

Practical, manufacturable high temperature superconductors would enable
a whole bunch of neat things and would be as spectacular as a cure for the
common cold, lasting peace in the Middle East, and controlled fusion, and
is just as likely to happen in the near future.

I recently read up on some work being done with graphene
supercapacitors. I IRC, it was at Caltech. What was interesting is how
they performed at lower temperatures (e.g. room temp.). Also, charging
times were impressive. Still in the realm of research, so it wasn't
clear to me how well it would scale beyond smaller applications
(consumer electronics, for example.