Big Picture Science - That's Containment! We all crave power: to
run laptops, charge cell phones, and play Angry Birds. But if
generating energy is easy, storing it is not. Remember when your
computer conked out during that cross-country flight? Why can’t
someone build a better battery? Discover why battery design is
stuck in the 1800s, and why updating it is key to future green
transportation (not to mention more juice for your smartphone).
Also, how to build a new type of solar cell that can turn
sunlight directly into fuel at the pump. Plus, force fields, fat
cells and other storage systems. And: Shock lobster! Energy from
crustaceans? - Dan Lankford – Former CEO of three battery
technology companies, and a managing director at Wavepoint
Ventures - Jackie Stephens – Biochemist at Louisiana State
University - Kevin MacVittie – Graduate student of chemistry,
Clarkson University, New York - Nate Lewis – Chemist, California
Institute of Technology - Alex Filippenko – Astronomer,
University of California, Berke