Imprint Energy of Alameda, California has been testing its ultra-thin zinc-polymer batteries in wrist-worn devices and hopes to sell them to manufacturers of wearable electronics, medical devices, smart labels and environmental sensors.

Even in small formats, the batteries can deliver enough current for low-power wireless communications sensors.

The batteries are based on research that company cofounder Christine Ho began as a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where she collaborated with a researcher in Japan to produce microscopic zinc batteries using a 3-D printer.

I’m actually not sure about a computerized tie, but that may be because I’m not a huge fan of articles of clothing that could be used to strangle you in a fight.

That being said, there are a lot of other wearables I could see on the list…

Quoted text by Daniel Lovering in MIT Technology Review via Mashable for the full story.