Please let Switzerland’s research into battery life nanotechnology come true, please oh please. I sound like a kid wishing on a star, but if their Steeper project gets adopted, gadgets will become more efficient and our planet healthier.
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s Adrian Ionescu spoke of their ambitious plan, which uses nanoscience and nanowires to “close” up leaky transistors, saying that their “vision is to share this research to enable manufacturers to build the holy grail in electronics, a computer that utilises negligible energy when it’s in sleep mode, which we call the zero-watt PC”.
Supposedly, the US spends $US4 billion each year on lost electricity, according to the Department of Energy. Not only that, but there’s obvious repercussions on the planet and our gadgets. Anything that can prolong the battery life of my HTC Desire gets my vote. [NYT, BBC]
Benjamin Cross
Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 2:22 PMBy the time we see a consumer result of this research phone and gaget manufacturers will be gearing up to increase performance drastically to the point that we live with the same old crummy battery life.
Assuming this based on how quickly technology progresses and how slow research like this takes.
I look forward to powering up my 4Ghz iPhone 26 with nanotechnology and playing an entire 6 hours of crysis on it realising I am back to square one (Y)
Kif
Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 5:56 PMAh, but it’s still an improvement in “battery life”. Without these advances in technology, that 6 hours will be 10 minutes.
Hans
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 7:00 PMMore importantly, will that 4GHz iPhone 26 come in white?
Steve
Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 12:59 PMBut my iPhone’s battery sucks NOOOWWWW
K137
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 2:51 PMThat is one big honkin nose.