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title: "The next step in wearable fabrics: fabric batteries"
description: "Researchers at the Polytechnic School of Montreal have figured out a way to turn a battery into a flexible material. Each strand of the \"battery\" is 0.6V. While exciting, it…"
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author: "James Lewis"
date: "2012-02-08T02:22:38Z"
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tags: ["battery","canada","wearable-electronics"]
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# The next step in wearable fabrics: fabric batteries


Researchers at the Polytechnic School of Montreal have figured out a way to turn a battery into a flexible material.  Each strand of the "battery" is 0.6V.  While exciting, it has one major drawback before commercialization:  it isn't waterproof yet.

[How to: Weave a flexible battery into fabric material - Electronic Products](http://www.electronicproducts.com/News/How_to_Weave_a_flexible_battery_into_fabric_material.aspx "Flexible Battery Article").