40hr laptop battery on the horizon!

[Mike]

Imagine running your laptop nonstop from New York to Tokyo -- crunch some numbers, work on a memo pop in a few DVDs -- and then do a full day of meetings, using your machine throughout the day and into the night. Imagine doing all this without ever plugging in your computer to recharge its battery.

This scenario may become reality in the near future, if Stanford University scientists succeed in commercializing a breakthrough in the laboratory. Assistant Professor Yi Cui and associates at Stanford's Department of Materials Science and Engineering said they have developed a method to increase the life of rechargeable lithium ion batteries to a whopping 40 hours.

Publishing in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the Stanford researchers have shown that by using silicon nanowires as the battery anode instead of today's graphite, the amount of lithium the anode can hold is extended tenfold.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nf/57832

That would be beyond cool! Finally gaining independence from a power outlet!

M.

 

[aaronfalloon]

Now, that will really make laptops worth buying.

 

[deleted984054565403]

Now, that will really make laptops worth buying expensive.

Fixed it for you. :hehe:

 

[networkmsia]

Fixed it for you. :hehe:

:hehe:

 

[Joe]

:lol:
That would be cool, but a long way off from commercial + bog standard laptops.
Shame.

Joe

 

[snowbird]

Now, that will really make laptops worth buying expensive.

Fixed it for you. :hehe:

well... not so much the laptop. But the battery. Laptops will probably come with your standard battery with the cabability of using the superman long life battery if you choose to spend the money for it. When ordering your laptop there will probably be a question asking if you want a standard battery or if youd like to upgrade to a long life battery.