Wearable solar power cells

Discovery News (May 17) -- There’s one big obstacle holding back flexible electronics and conformable wearables, and that’s stiff and bulky lithium-ion batteries. Now, a team of scientists has developed a stretchable mesh of power cells that sticks to surfaces like a Band-Aid to skin – and it can even charge itself. The device was built by a team of international scientists led by professor John Rogers from Illinois. Also: Inverse (May 16), ABC Online (May 16), Popular Mechanics (May 17), Android Community (May 18), Gizmodo (May 18), ReadWrite (May 18), BGR (May 19), Gizmag (May 19), The Drive (May 20), Design News (May 24).