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Why Batteries Haven't Kept Up
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.
It's more profitable to make batteries you have to throw away and re-buy. No research goes into making batteries last longer, since that cuts down on the amount of battery buying that pays for the research!
aren't powered by nuclear decay. The americium is only a source of ionizing radiation
So how do you get ionising radiation without nuclear decay? Please tell us. It would be a major breakthrough in nuclear physics...
"I think he was truly surprised at how little I cared about how big a market the Mac had" - Linus on Jobs
Institute for the Future seems kind of like a name little kids would come up with, I cannot take anything he says seriously.
How the fuck is this a troll?
Read the fucking parent post: a guy asks a fucking question and I give a straight (and correct) fucking answer.
There's more fact in this single fucking comment than in the rest of the useless drivel you fools have vomited out on page combined. (For example, every single comment about Moore's law.)
Fucking idiocy.