Is this solar-powered flexible battery the future of wearables?
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Researchers have developed a new solar powered battery, capable of changing its shape to fit various flexible forms. The University of Illinois, Northwest University, and researchers in South Korea and China developed the battery. The team says the battery could transform the wearables market by lowering the space required for a battery, a big benefit for e-skin and e-clothes products. See Also: America trumps Europe in fitness wearables “The components are electronically connected via flexible copper-polymer interconnects, mounted on a highly elastic silicone core, and enclosed within a silicone shell,” the team said. “The resulting system could stretch up to 30 percent without detectable loss in solar power generation.”
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