Lithium-ion batteries have been the cornerstone of virtually all modern gadgets and the battery packs used to charge them up. They’ve been pretty good on the whole, enabling reasonably fast charging and good-sized portable capacities for our power banks and gadgets. However, there’s a new technology on the block that promises to take the best of traditional batteries and make them safer and faster: semi-solid-state batteries.
Take Singapore-based BMX’s new SolidSafe magnetic power bank lineup, for instance, which is built on a semi-solid-state battery. It promises 5,000mAh and 10,000mAh capacities and Qi2 magnetic wireless charging in a compact form factor measuring just 6.8mm thin. Best of all, the range starts at just $59, proving that new technology doesn’t have to cost a small fortune.
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