Colorado Startup Prieto Works on a Superbattery
The foam battery riding to your phone’s rescue.
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Innovator: Amy Prieto
Age: 41
Chief executive officer of nine-employee Prieto Battery in Fort Collins, Colo.
Form and function
Lithium ion batteries get a bit more efficient every year, but they aren’t keeping pace with the demands of mobile devices, electric cars, or the grid. More flexible designs can be at least twice as powerful as current ones.