The size and shape of your favorite gadgets are often determined by one limiting factor: the battery. But that may soon change thanks to a breakthrough from scientists at Linköping University in Sweden, who have developed a new kind of battery with a unique “toothpaste-like consistency”—a flexible, stretchable power source that could redefine how electronics are designed.
Instead of the traditional solid electrodes found in today’s batteries, this innovative design uses liquid electrodes, allowing the battery to bend, twist, and stretch without losing its ability to supply power. In a successful early test, the team used the battery to power an LED both in its relaxed form and while it was being deformed.
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