Power Paper

Israel's Power Paper has come up with a way to print batteries. A zinc anode and a manganese dioxide-based cathode are printed in layers on flexible substrates. In the end, you have a 1.5 volt battery on a flexible substrate. A sister company, PowerCosmetics, incorporates them into skin revitalization pads, shown here. Hallmark uses Power Paper's technology in greeting cards. Enhanced RFID tags are another market.

In November, the company raised an additional $30 million from, among others, Apax Partners. Power Paper co-founder and CTO Zvi Nitzan graduated from the Technion and worked in the defense industry for years.

August 8, 2006 4:01 AM PDT

Photo by: PowerCosmetics