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IEEE Spectrum September 2006	Batteries Included The world record for a manned flight powered only by AA batteries was set on 16 July at an airport north of Tokyo.
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The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Rich Smith	What's Japanese for Horse Hockey? Management sees Matsushita in somebody else's crosshairs. If Panasonic truly wishes to serve its shareholders' interests, it will drop this pill idea.
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PC Magazine April 4, 2008 Frank Washburn	Charging Into the Future Researchers are upgrading lithium ion and green-alternative batteries for increasingly power-hungry mobile devices.
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National Defense July 2007 Breanne Wagner	Solar Energy Charges Soldiers' Batteries The Army is developing solar panel technology to power surveillance cameras on rooftops in Iraq.
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