Investigating the World’s First Solid State Battery
9th January 2026
I am as skeptical as Ryan Inis is. But if it works out (and the company involved has a history of innovation) it could be a real breakthrough. At any rate, it will tell you more about batteries than you probably want to know.
Robert A. Heinlein, in his 1982 novel Friday, mentions a similar product called ‘shipstone’. (If you haven’t read Friday, do so. You’ll enjoy it.)
Mackey Chandler’s April series (which I also heartily recommend) use a similar energy storage device, invented by Jeff Singh, one of the protagonists, as a major plot device.