12/9/2005

NEC Develops New Ultra-Thin, Flexible, Rechargeable Battery Boasting Super-Fast Charging Capability
TOKYO — NEC Corporation today announced that it has succeeded in the development of an ultra-thin, flexible, rechargeable battery capable of super-fast (30-second) charging, which can be embedded into smartcards and intelligent paper. The new battery, organic radical battery (ORB), uses a type of plastic called organic radical polymer as its cathode….so remarkably flexible and pliant…Not only is this new battery thin, flexible and rechargeable, but it is also environmentally friendly as unlike conventional rechargeable batteries, it does not contain any harmful heavy metals such as mercury, lead or cadmium.…more…

Hot-damn. Finally there’s a super-fast recharging for battery that ready to go in 30 seconds. The organic radical battery looks light enough to carry many spare batteries. And unlike my iPod battery that I had to perform open-heart surgery this evening to replace its dead batterey, the organic radical battery does not contain any nasty heavy metals.
This all sounds cho-beri-gu (チョベリグ) as they say in Katakana-Japanese (チョ/cho = ultra ; ベリ/beri = very ; グ/gu =good).
Problem: The organic radical battery does hold a lot of power so my GUNDAM suit will need better batteries than these for my powered exoskeleton.