Printable Batteries
December 13, 2009
Technology has been giving us new innovations for many years and it doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. One of those new ideas that will hopefully come to fruition is the printable battery. There has been news that, “a research team [has] revealed a 0.6-millimeter-thick battery.” (NY Times 2009 Year in Ideas) Supposedly this battery can be built into the product so the realization of video screens in magazines is clearer than ever. The reason why video screens in print have not become mainstream is because of how hard it is to power them. With printable batteries this would not be a problem.
The exciting thing about this technology is that it is not far off. When you hear about a printable battery you think that it is 10 years in the making. Not so. The researchers believe the product will be available in the next year. I can’t wait for this breakthrough to happen. I love technology and this innovation will open the door to so many new things. The one thing that I failed to realize when reading this is that the technology is happening in Europe and Asia, that means that America won’t reap the benefits of this technology until 3 or more years later. In America we are just not as forward thinking as the rest of the world. So the wait for video screens ans printable batteries continues.
