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    00000000: So, I read "beasts" as "breasts" and proceeded to spend 12 minutes trying to figure out how they looked as such. -_- Needless to say there is NO eye-... more »
    Josh K.: Is it bad that I first read that as "humping paper breasts?" #papershoes more »
    Curves: As much as I love shoes, I dont like these. And it hurts me NOT to like shoes. I also see NO humping or breasts here. Sad, sad day. #papershoes more »
    Hello Mister Walrus: Rhombus! Mathematical! #papershoes more »
    :negated:: So, rock still beats paper... and generally we walk on substances made from or similar to rock, right? This already seems like kind of a Bad Idea, an... more »
    ripfire: "To be honest, at first they looked like humping paper beasts..." Oh good. Glad I'm not the only one. #papershoes more »
    Kaiser-Machead: I guess this says more about me than it does about the picture, but the first thing that came to my mind was Origami porn. #papershoes more »
    Gordonium: Err... load-bearing capability? Internal support structures? Just a design/concept? more »
    €hЯ!§: Sorry Jesus, but I can't dock my $700 iPhone on a piece of cardboard. That's like eating lobster on a paper plate. more »
    TheSonOfKrypton: The PDF link is down...Anyone got a mirror? more »
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    Paper-Thin, Flexible Batteries Developed

    Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MIT have developed a battery that uses carbon nanotubes and paper to make a flexible battery that can be cut by scissor and could eventually be printed. The energy density is fair, at about 110mAh/gram, and small prototypes are powerful enough to power small fans. But the flexibility is still the main selling point. Which means these won't make portable CE devices that use molding lithium polymer batteries, like iPods, any smaller. [Ars]