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IP: The Next Big Thing in Battery Power? They're Working on It
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:53:37 -0500
The Next Big Thing in Battery Power? They're Working on It LA TIMES - SCIENCE WATCH Monday, January 11, 1999 Scientists around the world are reporting significant progress in developing a new generation of lithium batteries that could be the energy source of the future for everything from laptop computers to electric vehicles. {snip} Ultralife's new lithium ion batteries use a solid polymer electrolyte, and that offers some advantages, according to Greg Smith, marketing manager for the firm That "revolutionary technology," as he described it, makes it possible to design batteries in any shape and virtually any size. "A solid polymer battery can be less than 1 millimeter in thickness," he said. "And you can do odd shapes, because it is housed in a super-thin, flexible laminate. You can even curve the cell." Ultralife claims its batteries can be recharged hundreds of times and don't have the "memory" that shortens the life span of nickel cadmium batteries. {snip} Full Story: http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/SCIENCE/t000003020.1.html
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