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The Crib Battery Is 99.7% Energy Efficient After 1000 Cycles

The Crib Battery is 99.7% energy efficient after 1000 battery cycles, according to a 2022 study from the researchers that created it. And on top of that, this crab shell infused electrolyte gel is also biodegradable when the team took the gel buried in in soil and microbes broke it down over the course of around five months.

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