A reverse configuration, lithium thin film battery having a buried lithium anode layer and process for making the same. The VT-2000, uses \u201cvoice recognition\u201d and \u201ctext to speech\u201d technology, in a \u201cportable\u201d hand carried unit, with dual view screens, email and text messaging capabilities. The openingclosing mechanism is disposed on a downstream side of the upstream tube portion with a gap being formed between a downstream end of the upstream tube portion and an upstream end of the openingclosing mechanism, and configured and arranged to selectively open or close to selectively discharge or hold the article discharged by the upstream tube portion.