Samsung unveils new ‘Stripe’ batteries

[Matthew Grimes]

Dubbed “Stripe” and “Band,” these new Samsung batteries are thin and flexible, allowing them to fit into spaces and components that could otherwise not house a battery.

The new batteries are still in the prototype phase, but testing appears to be going quite well. According to Samsung, its new battery tech has the potential to increase battery life in some mobile devices by as much as 50%. Also of note, these new flexible batteries were able to withstand 50,000 bends during Samsung’s tests, suggesting durability will not be a concern.

Samsung’s Band battery is designed to be housed in the flexible band of a smartwatch or fitness tracker, though its applications could certainly extend beyond those categories. Meanwhile, the Stripe battery can “bend and conform freely as a fiber and is equipped with innovative energy density,” according to Samsung.

The company continued, “Since it is adaptable to various forms – such as a necklace, hairband, t-shirt accessories, and more – it will in result fuel the growth of battery application market including wearables.”

Source: https://bgr.com/2015/10/23/battery-technology-mobile-samsung-stripe-band/

[PlayStation 2]

the fuck 

t-shirt accessories

[RollinLower]

so you're telling me i can soon charge my phone with my T-Shirt?

 

[AresKrieger]

Is this using thermal to electrical conversion, if not I don't really care about it.

 

 

It's not, though flexible batteries are cool better energy storage is needed (by this I mean something better than batteries or batteries tthat have 10x energy density)

[FunkyFeatures]

The future is now - "I need to go charge my t-shirt"

[Real_PhillBert]

The future is now - "I need to go charge my t-shirt"

 

"it's raining out and my t-shirt keeps shocking me!"

[dizmo]

I see them using these in their foldable phone. This just shows how serious they are about making such a thing.

That, and perhaps battery built into the wrist straps of their smart watches.

[Decon]

I want a samsung galaxy smart-shirt lol

[brownninja97]

This is what we need. 

[Lethal Seraph]

Didn't pornhub, have a rechargeable battery wrist band release few months back?... basically charging whatever device you want charged by getting busy. Lol

[Guest]

better energy storage is needed (by this I mean something better than batteries or batteries tthat have 10x energy density)

 

Wow, great idea! Why didn't Samsung engineers think of that? Just making a lot better batteries than they're making right now.

You should sell this idea to them for a lot of money.

[Dabombinable]

So....Samsung is an enabler for the continuation of Apple's "functionality-be-damned-make-it-thinner" addiction.

[AresKrieger]

Wow, great idea! Why didn't Samsung engineers think of that? Just making a lot better batteries than they're making right now.

You should sell this idea to them for a lot of money.

Flexible batteries =/= better batteries as you can't stuff this in a phone as it is a "wearable", and I never said it would be easy, but denser energy storage is one of the greatest technological hurdles of the 21st century, it's the reason everyone complains about their phones battery life, and the reason solar power cannot be the backbone of a power grid. Also I never said this storage technique would be batteries now did I.

[Guest]

 it's the reason everyone complains about their phones battery life

 

The reason why everyone complains about their phone's battery life is that they buy phones based on criteria you'd normally use to evaluate fashion accessories, not electronics.

A 720p OLED display phone + a fat aftermarket battery + a mostly black interface with no animations = easily several days of battery life.

[VerticalDiscussions]

[Darkman]

so you're telling me i can soon charge my phone with my T-Shirt?

 

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Would suck if you were wearing it and it exploded or lit on fire... Or if your house was on fire and you would be wearing it. I personally wouldn't like to wear a battery.

[Doobeedoo]

Smartwear for more battery life, lel.

[Rafy]

Whenever I hear people talk about Samsung and batteries in the same sentence it's usually about their 18650 batteries, so when I read the title I thought they were coming up with a successor to their 25R 18650 batteries and got excited for a second. Then I read the actual post, still cool but not what I was expecting