Not that it’s meant to power up paper… but rather it’s made out of paper (say what?) And the great thing about it is that its:

Chemically incapable of polluting, releasing toxic ooze or combusting under pressure, the batteries can also be very thin, allowing use in such applications as credit cards and RFID tags.

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I posted a while back on the Automotive X-Prize. After which I emailed them and commended them for what they were trying to accomplish. I got an email back from Neal Anderson, no less than a Senior Director of Automotive X Prize.
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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been able to measure the excess energy transported out of the cell during metabolism. The excess energy is carried out of the cell via proteins in order to prevent from damaging the cell.
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