Paintable Batteries Spray-On Power to Any Surface

Researchers at Rice University have really pushed the boundaries of aerosol technology: creating sprayable batteries. They've taken each layer of a lithium ion battery and turned it into a sprayable paint that when layered, conducts a current.

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JOB OF THE WEEK: Business Technologist /Analyst

As part of our new partnership with SimplyHired.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs board. Business Technologist/ Analyst Orange Silicon Valley San Francisco, CA Why it's cool: Orange is one of the ten largest telecommunications companies in the world with 217 million customers across 5 continents and they're looking for a Business Technologist/Analyst.

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WHAT WENT WRONG? Right After Raising $25 Million, LinkedIn-Wannabe BranchOut Started Losing Millions Users

This is the story of a startup that shot to 8 million users in 5 months, raised a bunch of money, and then cratered to 2.7 million users in two months. BranchOut attracted a significant amount of attention from the media and investors when it grew from 400,000 monthly active users last December to more than 8 million in April.

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Belief of Alien Existence High Among Americans

The latest National Geographic survey suggests 80 million Americans believe UFOs are real. It also says Obama is well suited for an alien invasion.

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How to prepare your mind -- and your team -- for split-testing

Split-testing - when you create variations of your website and test which ones perform the best - is quickly becoming the rage among marketers and entrepreneurs. Sometimes called A/B testing, split-testing is the tool of choice by most "growth hackers," marketing people focused on attracting more users, conversions and the like.

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