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CardJoe · 20th Dec 2007, 12:00

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/12...battery_life/1

Stanford University researchers unveil a new nanotechnology that could herald the dawn of twenty-hour laptop batteries.

<A88> · 20th Dec 2007, 12:47

Would be nice to see this technology in commercial use sooner rather than later- as with a lot of R&D, we keep hearing about new technology that's meant to improve the performance of devices but very few have made it into actual products. These sort of improvements will hopefully see some proper convergence devices made feasible- 3G, GPS, WiFi, high-res cameras etc all in one device without sucking battery life like a digital Dracula. Tbh, I'd welcome more than 2hrs battery life on my lappy so this'll be a phenomenal breakthrough if it happens.

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Jordan Wise · 20th Dec 2007, 13:22

sounds awesome, now if only they could crack wireless charging using induction the world would be perfect

Cuban · 20th Dec 2007, 14:02

great news!! i would be happy with anything more than 4-5hours (generally how long i use my laptop for in the evenings)... 20hours could nearly last me a week!!!

C-Sniper · 20th Dec 2007, 14:26

SWEET!
definitely gonna keep an eye on this. even right now if you get 4-5hrs out of a laptop battery that is considered lucky. neat technology as well, who thought a forest of nano tubes of silicon would be able to do this?

speedfreek · 20th Dec 2007, 14:31

I wonder if the charge time is any different, If it takes the same amount of time to charge and you can get the same number of charge/discharge cycles out of it or more this would be really nice.

TreeDude · 20th Dec 2007, 14:35

No mention of life span. Considering that was the main reason we don't currently use it, I wonder how much they improved it.

sgr55 · 20th Dec 2007, 15:51

Your storing more energy in 1 place.... what happens if 1 of these were to um... explode?

Bladestorm · 20th Dec 2007, 17:27

It can be applied well beyond laptop batteries I'm sure, being able to carry 10x the power about opens up all sorts of possibilities .. viable laser weapons anyone ?

Awoken · 20th Dec 2007, 20:24

For PPC's and UMPC's this could be a breakthrough technology that allows for faster processors better and graphics processing on the move. I'm thinking of a HTC TYTN II with a combined 1Ghz cpu and gpu with 2-3 days battery life. What a ppc that would be!

DXR_13KE · 20th Dec 2007, 22:18

mobile phones..........

The_Beast · 20th Dec 2007, 22:25

sweet, I'd like to see this on laptops soon

MrBurritoMan · 21st Dec 2007, 04:15

looks like anything that requires mobile power could benefit greatly from this. not only can devices at their current size last longer but they can now make devices smaller and still get more power than what we can do today.

im eagerly watching where this goes.

OleJ · 21st Dec 2007, 16:30

Then finally the N95 could have same battery life as all other phones! Whooo!

broutcha · 21st Dec 2007, 18:57

I liked the "wireless charging using induction", "what happens if 1 of these were to um... explode", "viable laser weapons anyone ?" :-)

Seriously guys, what you're talking about would requires *much* more than a 10x improvement, which is pretty huge already. That would definitely be a major breakthrough, especially for miniaturization. The battery size was one of the major bottlenecks in the future developpment of mini mobile devices.

DXR_13KE · 21st Dec 2007, 19:32

and what about mobile game consoles......

20th Dec 2007, 12:00	#1
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20th Dec 2007, 13:22	#3
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20th Dec 2007, 14:02	#4
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speedfreek Ultramodder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: SE Wisconsin (us) Posts: 1,439	I wonder if the charge time is any different, If it takes the same amount of time to charge and you can get the same number of charge/discharge cycles out of it or more this would be really nice. __________________ New Rig, Quad Core and 8800 baby! Now with 6gb of RAM and a nice even 2tb now my server\|Athlon 64 3700(2.64ghz)\|7800gs\|2gb XMS 2-3-3-6\|2tb+ total HD space... In raid\|I have a problem. New Laptop: HP EliteBook, its fast!

20th Dec 2007, 14:35	#7
TreeDude Multimodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 239	No mention of life span. Considering that was the main reason we don't currently use it, I wonder how much they improved it.

20th Dec 2007, 15:51	#8
sgr55 Modder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 65	Your storing more energy in 1 place.... what happens if 1 of these were to um... explode?

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21st Dec 2007, 04:15	#13
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21st Dec 2007, 18:57	#15
broutcha What's a Dremel? Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1	I liked the "wireless charging using induction", "what happens if 1 of these were to um... explode", "viable laser weapons anyone ?" :-) Seriously guys, what you're talking about would requires much more than a 10x improvement, which is pretty huge already. That would definitely be a major breakthrough, especially for miniaturization. The battery size was one of the major bottlenecks in the future developpment of mini mobile devices.

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DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,476	and what about mobile game consoles...... __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!