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Technology Guru Bill Joy Is Betting on a Bulletproof Battery
- Ionic Materials says its batteries cheaper than lithium-ion
- Devices trade volatile liquid electrolytes for solid material
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Bill Joy, the Silicon Valley guru and Sun Microsystems Inc. co-founder, sees the future of energy in a battery that can take a bullet.
The venture capitalist formerly with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC is now dedicating most of his time to Ionic Materials Inc., a Woburn, Massachusetts-based startup developing lithium batteries that won’t burst into flames. They’re strong enough to withstand being pierced by nails and even getting shot, as the company demonstrates in a promotional video.