In a step that could make bendable smartphones a reality, Panasonic has designed a malleable battery that still provides power even when it’s being bent and twisted. Unfortunately, the battery is still very early: it can’t take that much abuse and is nowhere near strong enough to power your typical mobile.



…the company has built a battery that’s 0.55-millimeters thick and able to bend as much as 25mm and twist 25 degrees. No, it’s not the foldable battery some were expecting, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction. Perhaps even more important than the fact that the battery can bend is that it can withstand bending while still charging and providing power — something that today’s lithium-ion batteries cannot do. While cool, the batteries have a long way to go before we’ll see them in our devices. Panasonic has only built batteries with between 17.5mAh and 60mAh capacities, so if they were to be implemented in a product today, they would really only be able to power extremely low-power smart textiles or smart cards.

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