Nifty Technology of the Week (12/23/05)

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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scien...545252.stmA Japanese company has developed a type of plastic-based battery that is thin, lightweight, and flexible, called an Organic Radical Battery (ORB). Although they're apparently currently being marketed toward radio tracking tags applied to merchandise and such, but will probably eventually be used in "devices such as smart cards, wearable computers and intelligent paper".In other news, just because I find it amusing, Microsoft may soon be suffering fines of 2 million euros a day from the European Commission unless it discloses more information about its server programs by Jan. 25: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4552214.stm