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Why Batteries Haven't Kept Up

Posted by Hemos on from the problems-of-base-levels dept.

TimWeigel writes "Ever wonder why we can cram ever more computer power into smaller and smaller devices, but we're still (mostly) slaves to the almighty AA? This article on CNN touches on this very important facet of our lives - why the power sources for our Palm Pilots and Gameboys haven't matched the advances in computing power. In a word: physics." I had an interesting conversation with a person who's been doing a lot of research into batteries. Batteries have grown at standard normal industrial rates - which are much slower then Moore's Law, and hence, the source of our problem.

8 of 442 comments (clear)

  1. Usage of AA's? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Second post ability!

  2. Re:Reasonable fear, wouldn't you say by gamgee5273 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hmmm...not a fire I would want to roast marshmellows over, that's for sure...

  3. Re:Nuclear paranoia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Egen härd är guld värd

  4. It's "than"! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    until then - not until than
    then we went ... - not than we went
    better than - not better then
    longer than - not longer then

  5. Re:lame article, ignores fuel cells, atomic batter by cb0y · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Voyager has a steam engine ??????

  6. AA by ericmc42 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hehehe Man, when I first read that I thought you mean AA as in Alcoholics Anonymous. I was trying to figure out how a small electronic device could drive someone to drink...

  7. Re:This is something that has bothered me for a wh by duffbeer703 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The only problem with Transmeta is that you seem to be the only person excited about them.

    Transmeta is a company with alot of promises and nothing substantial to show for them. What a joke.

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  8. Re:That's a lot of power by Vulture_ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Make extra crispy style CowboyNeal bacon! Mmm-mm!

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