The world’s longest flexible fiber battery elicited by MIT Engineers
Engineering students who were researching upon a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of an ultra-long fiber that could be woven into fabrics. The battery could enable a wide variety of wearable electronic devices, and might even be used to make 3D-printed batteries in virtually any shape. They have contemplated new possibilities for self-powered communications, sensing, and computational devices that could be worn like ordinary clothing, as well as devices whose batteries could also double as structural parts. This unique fiber battery is manufactured using novel battery gels and a standard fiber-drawing system that starts with a larger cylinder containing all the…