Flexible batteries -- ones that can be repeatedly flexed without losing integrity -- are nothing new in the lab. But Panasonic now says it will start shipping sample units of a flexible LiIon battery at the end of this month. The batteries, about 0.5mm thick, retains more than 99 percent of its capacity when flexed more than 1000 times, even around a 25 mm radius or twisting … [Read more...]
Panasonic Intros Pin-Sized Battery for Wearables
Don't count on driving your phone with it, but Panasonic is introducing a tiny battery that produces 13mAh at 3.75 volts. The LiIon CG-320 battery is 20 mm long and 3.5 mm in diameter -- about 1/20 of the size of a AAA cell. An iPhone 6 battery holds 1800 mAh; a Jawbone Up24 requires 32mAh. Panasonic says they're developing other, slightly larger, batteries with a capacity … [Read more...]