One NASA - sponsored study sketches designs for probes crafted from sheets of electroactive polymer, which can change its shape to twist and flap like a thrush's wings. (discovermagazine.com)
The new battery is based on a redox flow design — similar in design to a fuel cell, with two tanks of electroactive materials dissolved in water. (sciencedaily.com)
The tanks of electroactive materials can be made as large as needed — increasing total amount of energy the system can store — or the central cell can be tweaked to release that energy faster or slower, altering the amount of power (energy released over time) that the system can generate. (sciencedaily.com)