Indeed South Korean researchers have created a 25inch flexible touch-screen using graphene.

Tomorrow your daily newspaper may be made of it too which may be instantly updated by pressing a tab on the side. !arold ! Kung at the "c#ormic$ School of %ngineering and &pplied Science at 'orthwestern (niversity has reported a method to extend the battery life of lithium ion batteries by )* times using a grapheme-based anode. & considerable effort is being directed at developing better batteries and other energy storage systems. %xisting batteries often fail because of the damage caused to the electrodes in them over a period of time by the movement of ions. & new electrode +made from nano-particles of copper hexacyanoferrate, has been developed by Stanford researchers and uses nanotechnology to construct an open structure for the electrode. This permits ions to move in and out without damaging it. The electrode seems to be a wonder material for use as a high-voltage cathode. 'ovel ways are also being developed to utilise wind energy. In many parts of the world we find large windmills each with three huge blades generating electricity. These wind turbines are not very efficient since about half the air does not go through the blades but around them with a resulting loss in their capacity to generate electricity. -lo.esign a (S based company has now developed a new generation of wind turbines that rely on the design used in /et engines. These turbines have propeller blades that are much smaller but produce more electricity as the air is directed through the turbine by a surrounding shroud. Small turbines that will produce )* $ilowatt power will be initially manufactured and they will then be followed by megawatt capacity turbines. & problem associated with micro wind turbines is that they must wor$ well in both light and high winds for instance under stormy conditions when they should not spin too fast. In the case of the larger wind turbines the design of the blades ta$es care of this problem ma$ing them stall under very high speed wind. This is done through sensors that send signals to attached computers which in turn ad/ust the turbine speeds. This is too expensive a solution. !owever nature is often the best teacher. The stability of dragonflies even under high wind conditions provided critically important clues. The dragonfly is very stable in its flight even under high wind speeds. This is due to the special design of its wings which are thin and flexible and have small protrusions on their surfaces. These protrusions create a number of swirling vortices that contribute to the extraordinary aerodynamic stability of the dragonfly. 0ased on this the &$ira 1bata of 'ippon 0unri (niversity in 2apan has invented a micro turbine which is far better than those available previously. 3a$istan needs to concentrate on solving its energy problems by utilising its existing resources of coal water wind and the recently discovered shale oil and shale gas. & reader has rightly pointed out that all the electrical appliances produced in 3a$istan are

4energy inefficient5. -or example our fans tube-well motors and roadside wor$shop machines use heavy starting current and also consume much more electricity than &merican %uropean or even #hinese appliances. 6hen one considers the millions of fans tube-well motors and road side wor$shop motors in the country one gets some idea of how much energy is being wasted because of the improper enforcement of 7uality standards particularly those relating to energy efficiency in those industries that manufacture such motors and appliances. Similarly most of our vehicles especially locally manufactured bodies of truc$s and buses are energy inefficient. #oncluded The writer is the president of the 3a$istan &cademy of Sciences and former chairman of the !%#. %mail8 ibne9sina:hotmail.com