Hey, my other co announced that their battery could still...

Hey, my other co announced that their battery could still operate after 2000 flexing/bending. Its all good news.

Mechanical Flexibility TestingTo assess the mechanical flexibility of the battery ink textile prototype, a programmable linear motion stage was used to systematically input bending strain on the device to simulate the device being bent. The open circuit voltage of the textile device before being conducting the flexibility testing was measured for 2 hours to establish a baseline performance voltage output. To begin the flexibility testing, both ends of the textile prototype was fixed onto two platforms on the linear motion stage, one platform is fixed and the other platform is dynamically moving in a controlled horizontal motion. For a single bending cycle, the mobile platform will move towards the fixed platform until it reaches a programmed distance and it will then move back to its original position. UNSW conducted 2000 bending cycles for the textile prototype device using the programmable linear motion stage. The linear motion stage was programmed to simulate a bending radius of 5.85mm on the textile device for 2000 bending cycles ata bending rate of 10mm/s. After completion of the flexibility testing, open circuit voltage of the textile device was measured again for 2 hours and performance was compared to the voltage output pre-flexibility testing. On an alternate testing method, open circuit voltage output of another textile device was measured for 2 hours before flexibility testing was conducted. The textile device was then subjected to 1000 bending cycles using the programmable linear motion stage. The device was tested again for open circuit voltage for 2 hours. The textile device was subjected to a further 1000 bending cycles, a total of 2000 bending cycles. The open circuit voltage output was measured again for 2 hours after the additional 1000 bending cycles.