06-11-2004, 01:00 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Intel Working to Double Battery Life
Now this looks promising. The Inquirer have a story up about Zinc Matrix Power signing a collaborative deal with Intel, to work on new battery technology that could allow laptop batteries to run for ten hours. Hopefully PDA batteries etc. will be the next thing they turn their attention to.
"Zinc Matrix Power is developing a rechargeable, polymer-based alkaline battery which it claims has shown in lab tests approximately two times the energy-to-volume of today's standard lithium-based batteries. The polymer based technology uses a water-based electrolyte which, when combined with the plastic case, will minimise the risk of fire."
The press release from Zinc Matrix Power mentions that the company plans to introduce this technology commercially in 2006, so don't cancel your order for that second PPC battery just yet. :? We need *some* sort of decent increase in battery capacity soon, so hopefully this partnership will prove fruitful.
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06-11-2004, 01:09 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I would like to use my Pocket PC w/WiFi & BT for most of the day without getting 'low power' messages.
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06-11-2004, 01:12 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
Join Date: Jul 2003
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At least this is saver than the fuel cell alternative. Something that will not explode near one's face.
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06-11-2004, 01:50 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Very cool to see some improvements in this area! :-) Doubling the battery life would be an excellent improvement.
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06-11-2004, 01:59 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Very cool to see some improvements in this area! :-) Doubling the battery life would be an excellent improvement.
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Well it would be a start. If they really can double the battery life in two years, then that will only just be outside of the Moore's law, range i.e. a doubling of processor speed every 18 months.
It's about time this happened!
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06-11-2004, 03:57 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Very cool to see some improvements in this area! :-) Doubling the battery life would be an excellent improvement.
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Well it would be a start. If they really can double the battery life in two years, then that will only just be outside of the Moore's law, range i.e. a doubling of processor speed every 18 months.
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It won't happen. It's about the difference between physics and chemistry. Moore's law only apply to physics engineering. Battary belongs to chemical engineering.
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06-11-2004, 06:27 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Now here is the problem, battery life doubles, how much do you wanna bet they think 'hey! we can make the batteries half the size now!'
Laptop computer life is already shi**y, I want to see one of those 1lb notebooks, with a 2lb battery. 24 hours AT LEAST per charge.
Remember, just IMNSHO.
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06-11-2004, 06:48 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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One word:
Ihatetorechargeeverytimeigohome !
Yeah, I know, such big word :roll:
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06-11-2004, 07:59 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Very cool. This is prob going to be a good stopgap between current LI-Ion batts and fuel cells which are still a ways off from being practical. At this point anything that increases the batt life on my laptop is a good thing. Preferably I would like to get at minimum 24 hours off of a charge on a laptop but we are so far off from such a beast, if ever, that it remains in the realm of fantasy. :?
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06-11-2004, 09:28 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Once battery life doubles, processor speed would also double. No battery life in the future would equal battery life as today, just with more power hungry processors.
Glad for this news though cuz I am one of those fuel cells sceptics.
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