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The Center for Materials Research, New University of Lisbon (CENIMAT) in Portugal, famous for creating transistors, displays and memories on paper, announced in January, 2011 the development of paper batteries that store or even harvest energy from water.
The charging process is automatically initiated at the sites with more than 40% moisture in the atmosphere (which happens most of the year in Mediterranean countries).
According to CENIMAT investigators, this innovation can be used for the production of tablets, computers, mobile phones, consoles, or the area of medical devices (pacemakers or electronic skin).
