Long Battery life promised for laptop PCs

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:45 am

This article over at BBC News touches on how Lithium ION batteries will never be able to keep laptops alive for 8 hour work days. The article is vague and forgets to mention the next revolution upcoming for the notebook market. High Def DVD's... You think video games kill battery life? Just wait!

Scientists are working on ways to ensure laptops can stay powered for an entire working day. Building batteries from new chemical mixes could boost power significantly, say industry experts. The changes include everything from the way chips for laptops are made, to tricks that reduce the power consumption of displays.

Source: BBC News

NAiLs · Post by **NAiLs** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:42 pm

My laptop battery lasts 1 hour if I'm lucky!

I've got a 12-cell 95Whr battery too...

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:44 pm

see i think the next big tech will me micro engins that will power laptops cell phones and pda's using small fule cells.

Post by **Illuminati** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:16 pm

mini hydrogen cells?.... not sure if that's possible... but it would be cool!

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:23 am

o it is, mostly though they are micro combustion engins. using nano technologoy they can make micro turbine engins like the ones on jets that spin ultra fast and ultra efficent driving small generators. Very cool stuff. so if your looking for places to invest, ... bio plastics and nano tech are good long term IMO.

fortytwo · Post by **fortytwo** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:29 am

NAiLs wrote:My laptop battery lasts 1 hour if I'm lucky! I've got a 12-cell 95Whr battery too...

Thats nothing. I've got two work laptops. One is a Toshiba Satellite, and the other is an IBM Thinkpad. The Thinkpad will last about a half an hour on a full charge. The Toshiba will shut down as soon as you unplug it (plus, about 5 keys have fallen off of it.)