Enfucell's SoftBattery gets thin and flexible

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?

[Victor @ Mar 27th 2006 12:08PM]

I think its a great idea, its still technology there, it justs needs to be closely examined and tweaked to performance.

[Josh @ Mar 27th 2006 12:36PM]

Nice. I can use those batteries in my light up Nike's.

[the_steven @ Mar 27th 2006 2:25PM]

I'm thinking they should add hyphens in their name to avoid mis-pronunciations....

[PeterB @ Mar 27th 2006 4:27PM]

just wait until people start implanting these in bodies and doing who knows what.

[BSTalker @ Mar 27th 2006 4:58PM]

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 :)

[DAN @ Mar 28th 2006 2:45AM]

"... cheap, flexible batteries could be power the digital newspapers of tomorrow ... "

[Trip @ Mar 28th 2006 5:27AM]

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.)