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Dyson, a UK company better known for vacuum cleaners than phone batteries, has announced today that it is investing $15 million in a project to create a new battery that aims to double smartphone battery life. The project is being headed by Sakit3 – an innovative battery company that is an off-shoot from the University of Michigan. The new lithium-ion batteries are being developed with solid-state technology so they could store twice as much energy as the batteries typically used in smartphones today. Sakit3 has said this approach is safer and more cost efficient for manufacturers as well. Battery life is…

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