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11/02/2012 02:29:52 PM · #1 |
Check it out!
A team from Rice has successfully demonstrated a new crushed silicon anode that allows for extremely enhance capacities of Li-Ion batteries.
You can bet I'm hoping someone creates a replacement battery for my camera with this - 6600 mAH would be incredible! |
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11/02/2012 02:39:58 PM · #2 |
Cool. So who wants to fund my upcoming silicon exploration program? I've got some tropical beach target areas chosen already.
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11/02/2012 02:43:30 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Cool. So who wants to fund my upcoming silicon exploration program? I've got some tropical beach target areas chosen already. |
You'll probably only strike carbonate or basalt. ;) |
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11/02/2012 02:46:16 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Cool. So who wants to fund my upcoming silicon exploration program? I've got some tropical beach target areas chosen already. |
You'll probably only strike carbonate or basalt. ;) |
Ha, true! But on the bright side, I'll need much more financing to extend my exploration program.
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11/02/2012 03:01:07 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Cory:
You can bet I'm hoping someone creates a replacement battery for my camera with this - 6600 mAH would be incredible! |
that would be nice, but if you think a camera sucks power, try a 400 lumen headlight on your bike. It's actually amazing that I can get the several hours runtime out of it that I do now.
I wonder if this new technology has the potential for extending the batteries life expectancy?
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11/02/2012 03:05:05 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
...but if you think a camera sucks power, try a 400 lumen headlight on your bike. It's actually amazing that I can get the several hours runtime out of it that I do now... |
In the 70's I had a bike light than ran via electricity generated by my turning bike tire. Maybe you would enjoy one of those, there must be something like that these days???
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11/02/2012 03:39:40 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
In the 70's I had a bike light than ran via electricity generated by my turning bike tire. Maybe you would enjoy one of those, there must be something like that these days??? |
They are still around, just not so much in my neck of the woods. Germans do not have to wear helmets, but their bicycles must have dynamo powered lights that provide a minimum of ten lux. So if you can't find them locally, you know they are on the web.
I found the German law interesting in that you have the right to risk your own head by not wearing a helmet, but even battery powered lights are not good enough to ensure that other people can see you, so they have a greater chance of avoiding running you over. it is always interesting to see where state required safety laws put their emphasis. |
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11/02/2012 07:40:51 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
In the 70's I had a bike light than ran via electricity generated by my turning bike tire. Maybe you would enjoy one of those, there must be something like that these days??? |
They are still around, just not so much in my neck of the woods. Germans do not have to wear helmets, but their bicycles must have dynamo powered lights that provide a minimum of ten lux. So if you can't find them locally, you know they are on the web.
I found the German law interesting in that you have the right to risk your own head by not wearing a helmet, but even battery powered lights are not good enough to ensure that other people can see you, so they have a greater chance of avoiding running you over. it is always interesting to see where state required safety laws put their emphasis. |
The emphasis in that case is personal responsibility - the bike rider has the right to risk his/her own head injury, but does not have the right to cause another person to do it to them. Makes sense to me. |
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11/02/2012 08:16:23 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
In the 70's I had a bike light than ran via electricity generated by my turning bike tire. Maybe you would enjoy one of those, there must be something like that these days??? |
Yes, they still exist. The best kind are generator hubs, but those are not add-ons. you have to build a wheel around those.
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11/02/2012 10:51:07 PM · #10 |
| I'm always curious how long it takes to go from one of these announcements to being in your average battery. |
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11/02/2012 10:58:21 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
The emphasis in that case is personal responsibility - the bike rider has the right to risk his/her own head injury, but does not have the right to cause another person to do it to them. Makes sense to me. |
The problem with this theory arises when the public has to pay to stuff the uninsured and unhelmeted biker's brains back into their skull ... and even if they're insured, the extra cost of treating severe head injuries undoubtedly raises premiums for everybody.
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I'm always curious how long it takes to go from one of these announcements to being in your average battery. |
Like most everything else technological these days, that time is getting shorter and shorter. |
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11/02/2012 11:12:43 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I'm always curious how long it takes to go from one of these announcements to being in your average battery. |
Like most everything else technological these days, that time is getting shorter and shorter. |
Please, let it be next month... I'm sick and tired of carrying around a spare phone battery. |
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11/16/2012 01:56:40 PM · #13 |
Vanadium Rules ! How about making a combo with that crushed silica? SUPERBATTERY !
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11/16/2012 04:35:11 PM · #14 |
I need glasses... I read "Crushed Silicone Nipples" :O)
Ray
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11/16/2012 04:35:11 PM · #15 |
stoopid double post.
Message edited by author 2012-11-16 16:35:30.
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11/16/2012 04:53:32 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I'm always curious how long it takes to go from one of these announcements to being in your average battery. |
depends on if the big players are equipped to produce otherwise they have to squash it out of fear and you wont see it until they catch up. |
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11/16/2012 05:14:16 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
I need glasses... I read "Crushed Silicone Nipples" :O)
Ray |
With that imagination, I'd skip the glasses... |
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