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b'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\\u2019t someone build a better battery?\\nDiscover 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.\\nPlus, force fields, fat cells and other storage systems. And: Shock lobster! Energy from crustaceans?\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nDan Lankford \\u2013 Former CEO of three battery technology companies, and a managing director at Wavepoint Ventures\\n\\n\\nJackie Stephens \\u2013 Biochemist at Louisiana State University\\n\\n\\nKevin MacVittie \\u2013 Graduate student of chemistry, Clarkson University, New York\\n\\n\\nNate Lewis \\u2013 Chemist, California Institute of Technology\\n\\n\\nAlex Filippenko \\u2013 Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley\\n\\n\\nPeter Williams \\u2013 Physicist, San Francisco Bay Area\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nFirst released February 4, 2103.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'