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 ====Home-Made Supercapacitors from Dead PC Batteries==== ====Home-Made Supercapacitors from Dead PC Batteries====
  
-This page reports the wonderful citizen science R&D workshop we had at FoAM with my dear friend [[http://www.zprod.org|Paul Granjon]], a world-reknown artist specialized in human-machine co-evolution and participatory upcycling workshops.+This page reports the wonderful citizen science R&D workshop we had at FoAM with my dear friend [[http://www.zprod.org|Paul Granjon]], a world-reknown artist specialized in human-machine co-evolution and [[http://vimeo.com/30187028|participatory upcycling workshops]].
  
 During three day, we tried to upcycle dead PC batteries into working supercapacitors, originally to feed a self-watering system on [[michka/know-hows/bioproductive_balcony|FoAM's bioproductive balcony]]. During three day, we tried to upcycle dead PC batteries into working supercapacitors, originally to feed a self-watering system on [[michka/know-hows/bioproductive_balcony|FoAM's bioproductive balcony]].
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 Our best design was very simple. It was a sandwich design, which means that it was just a stack of dry material layers we taped all together. It contained three layers: Our best design was very simple. It was a sandwich design, which means that it was just a stack of dry material layers we taped all together. It contained three layers:
  
-   * A insulating material (plastic film) layer from a dead Toshiba battery - given away by [[http://hackerspace.be/|Hackerspace Brussels]], covered with graphene, a black powdery (or sometimes flaky) material+   * An insulating material (plastic film) layer from a dead Toshiba battery - given away by [[http://hackerspace.be/|Hackerspace Brussels]], covered with graphene, a black powdery (or sometimes flaky) material
    * A cleaned up insulating material layer from the same dead Toshiba battery    * A cleaned up insulating material layer from the same dead Toshiba battery
    * A copper layer from the same dead Toshiba battery    * A copper layer from the same dead Toshiba battery
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