Wild Card's progress: fully-fledged
This Wild Card came from:
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD
The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card:
Theme 3 - ICT - Information & communication technologies
The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card:
Components, systems, engineering
Likelihood timeframe and scenario features :
now-2025
Wild Card's description
Everyody has one's own personal "energy wallet" which may be used as univerzal source of energy (battery) for various electronic personal gadgets (such as notebook, mobile phone, mp3 player, gameboy, shaving machine etc.). Thanks to new technologies the energy wallet may have practically unlimited capacity and durability and may be easily recharged from the regular electricity network. This new energy storage, created in synergy and cooperation among micro and nano technologies R&D, power sources manufacturers and electronic gadgets producers, may significantly change attitude of users to energy consumption, electronic devices employment and ecology.