German University and it's business partners hope to have a commercial beta version of a zinc maganese paper thin battery early next year. The prototypes weigh less than 1 gram and are less than 1mm thick. www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2009/july/printable-batteries .jsp . Info sourced from Elektor magazine. Colin -- cdb, 3/07/2009 -- colin@btech-online.co.uk -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist