We have been trying to ignore the media guffaws over the pee-powered battery, which seems more bio than nano, but a more promising nanotech related source of energy is reported by the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Details are sketchy, and the report doesnt seem to make too much sense except letting us know that they seem to have come up with something that generates energy a) when ignited and b) can be used to coat a microchip.
While the still mythical methanol fuel cell powered laptop is still in development, we make this almost three years overdue now, will future devices will be powered by nothing more than a few pints of lager and a cigarette?