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PHOTO 8Y david aeiman ~, ~ <br /> <br />Overlooked by local VCs, Cymbet finds way to launch new battery technology <br /> <br />The next time you pick up a pack of batteries ar TarBer <br />rake a on~ hard look Thars because your concept <br />barrerms mxv never be the same--thai ~s ¢ an Elk <br />Minn., srar~-up is success~fl in developing a new type oF battery <br /> <br />based on ~hin-fiJm ~echnology <br /> <br />nine-pcm}n ~nmrprise chat is ievem~;in~ <br />$4.5 million rccendy raised ~}=om overse:~s <br /> <br />claiizlng cbin-[i[m battery ~echno[og7. <br />Cymbrr's batteries, if ~he concept holds <br />true, will come with several ~isrs~rhey <br /> <br />will be manufactured co nearly microscopic <br />sizes ofFering double the power of todays <br /> <br />rhe cbemisrry o( irs batteries will allow <br />nearly indefinke recharging (actually, about <br />70,000 recharging c/des). <br /> <br />(acruring irs first ~ommercially viable prod- <br />ucc, Cymber anticipates ~ha~ ks batteries <br />will be used in 1 variety of applications, s=ch <br /> <br />and triedical devices, tach as he:wing aids. <br /> T'he c~>rnpany was co.-tb~nded slighdy <br />more than a year ago by Mark )enson <br />Harian Jacobs. Jenson is an engim'er who <br />spent more &an 20 years of: his carter wkh <br />Honeywell international, w'~rh stints ar <br />[rxei, FSI, Honeywell spin-o[~} Nonvolatile <br />Elecrro~fics, h~c. (NVE) l~..w.c~mt, and <br />Union Semiconductor lSchnology CoIp. <br />Jacobs is pre. sidenr o( Genesis Business <br />(2enters [~v~g~uesisce,ters. comA who has <br />been [nstrt~rnental in launching a number <br />local scarf-ups through his incubator <br />gram [see ~Nurmring the Fire Wkhm,' <br />:¥l/*me~or,~Bz~xixex~. April 2000 '~. <br /> Jenson was hfirially ~nrroduced <br /> <br /> <br />