February 27, 2013 | Pippa

I keep hearing about flexible electronics being the future of technology, but my mobile is still stubbornly rigid.

The main problem has been batteries. Up until now they’ve had to be rigid to perform properly. But a newly invented battery can stretch up to three times its original size and still perform perfectly.

It needs a lot more development, but hopefully I’ll be holding a bendy phone in the not too distant future.