{"id":1563,"date":"2014-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-618\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:30:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:53","slug":"innovation-anthology-618","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2014\/06\/10\/innovation-anthology-618\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #618:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 618.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:1;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:none;\n\tmso-hyphenate:none;\n\tmso-layout-grid-align:none;\n\tpunctuation-wrap:simple;\n\ttext-autospace:none;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Two projects that<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Lockheed Martin<\/span> is supporting at the University of Alberta promise to revolutionize technology for batteries and computer chips.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;<\/span>The computer research builds<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> silicon wafers<\/span> one atom at a time.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The second project incorporates carbon nanotubes into a<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>lightweight <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">battery<\/span> that stores more power.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Brad Pietras<\/span> of Lockheed Martin explains.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;\">BRAD PIETRAS: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; font-style: italic;\">Any battery has several parts but two of the key parts that are in it are called an anode and a cathode. 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