Kidnapped by armed terrorists, the diplomat surreptitiously licks a plastic card and slips it back into a pocket. Soaked by the captive’s saliva, a battery on the card springs to life, powering a transmitter that beams out an SOS.
A prototype of such a battery has now been devised by a researcher in Singapore.
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