Enfucell's SoftBattery gets thin and flexible
By Ryan Block 
posted Mar 27th 2006 11:38AM
posted Mar 27th 2006 11:38AM
Flexible paper batteries are by no means the
newest (or even the most exciting) take on energy storage in the last few years, but we're seeing more stabs at it these
days, like Enfucell's or Power Paper's flexible batteries. Besides the usual thin n' flexible selling angle, Enfucell's
batteries, while still in development, are apparently anticipated to be particularly cheap and environmentally friendly
due to a more off-the-shelf materials and manufacturing process of metals in a paper and laminate sandwich. Sure, it
may not produce a huge amount of juice, but when you're talking about very low-energy applications like e-ink, cheap,
flexible batteries could be power the digital newspapers of tomorrow before being thrown away with the day's rubbish.
And don't even get us started on Power Paper's PowerCosmetics line of products, which use these batteries to rejuvinate
wrinkling, sagging skin. What's going to happen to Botox and latte, Tuesdays, hm?
I think its a great idea, its still technology there, it justs needs to be closely examined and tweaked to performance.
Nice. I can use those batteries in my light up Nike's.
I'm thinking they should add hyphens in their name to avoid mis-pronunciations....
just wait until people start implanting these in bodies and doing who knows what.
Yay I couple this with a few of these MEG's (Note: would not be allowed to do this in USA - they don't like free energy):
http://jnaudin.free.fr/meg/meg.htm
Add a flexible LCD screen (touch maybe)... and I'm away :)
"... cheap, flexible batteries could be power the digital newspapers of tomorrow ... "
Something like this is what might power those paper-thin audiovisual gimmicks on Futurama. (Like pizza boxes and paper money that talk back to you.)