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| Long-lasting, flexible and rechargeable batteries developed by Imprint Energy could be used in "weird parts of your body like your eye" |
A California-based start-up has
developed a flexible, long-lasting and rechargeable battery that could have
wide-reaching applications within medical devices, wearable sensors and even
on-body electronics.
Imprint Energy aims
to overcome what it sees as the longstanding limitations of currently available
battery technologies which hamper the advancement of portable electronics.
The company intends to achieve this
through its zinc-polymer batteries, which offer numerous size, cost and safety
benefits to traditional lithium-based batteries.
"Imprint Energy will address
these shortcomings with its breakthrough zinc-based rechargeable battery
technology, ZincPoly," the firm says in its mission statement.
"(ZincPoly) enables the
production of ultrathin, flexible, high energy density rechargeable batteries
for significantly lower cost and without the design limitations of safety
concerns of other battery technologies."
The batteries can be printed on
sheets by widely-used industrial screen printers, allowing for customisable
product designs.
