Tweet
Here's an interesting article on a new battery technology. It's still in development but looks very promising.
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news...ery-evolution/
The reason why I put a question mark after the title is not because I don't think it's a good technology, but because I don't think we will see it in our consumer electronics.
I think that one of the reasons why Lithium Ion is so popular in consumer electronic devices is because of its ridiculously short life span.
These companies want you to buy a new phone every 2 years, so they put a battery in it that doesn't even last that long. This is also why in a lot of smart phones and tablets, you cannot replace the battery when it has reached its end of life.
There are already battery technologies where the battery lasts 100 years, look up the Edison cell.
Unfortunately for for us this technology will probably be restricted to the military, just like all of the other good stuff.
Nevertheless, the article is worth a read...
John K.
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news...ery-evolution/
The reason why I put a question mark after the title is not because I don't think it's a good technology, but because I don't think we will see it in our consumer electronics.
I think that one of the reasons why Lithium Ion is so popular in consumer electronic devices is because of its ridiculously short life span.
These companies want you to buy a new phone every 2 years, so they put a battery in it that doesn't even last that long. This is also why in a lot of smart phones and tablets, you cannot replace the battery when it has reached its end of life.
There are already battery technologies where the battery lasts 100 years, look up the Edison cell.
Unfortunately for for us this technology will probably be restricted to the military, just like all of the other good stuff.
Nevertheless, the article is worth a read...
John K.
Comment