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AAAAAAAAA-size Li-Ion Cells

Jasin Natael writes "Thought Li-Ion batteries were all the same? Think again. Several universities, under a grant from the US Office of Naval Research, are miniaturizing the anodes and cathodes of Li-Ion batteries to nanoscale, hoping to make more efficient, smaller cells that last longer."

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  1. well darn by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    soon I won't be able to use my second favorite excuse for getting off the phone:

    my batteries about to die.

    thanks a lot...stupid progress. I yearn for the good ole days, when cell phones were the size of small dogs and hurt your arms holding the things.

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  2. lion cells? by pcardoso · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh please! change the subject!

    It scared the shit out of me when I read it as "lion cells" and the "AAAAAAAA" seems like a scream of someone being eaten alive in one of those lion cells!

    We had enough lion-fodder during the roman empire...

  3. Not AAAAAAAAA by njchick · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be an Å-size battery.

  4. Nanosize? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now where did I put that battery...

  5. Looks like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    all the guy wanted was to submit a Slashdot story that would show up first in alphabetical order.

  6. It's Time to Go Outside When... by Myriad · · Score: 5, Funny
    It scared the shit out of me when I read it as "lion cells" and the "AAAAAAAA" seems like a scream of someone being eaten alive in one of those lion cells!

    You know the scary thing? I read "lion" as being Lithium Ion right off the bat. Even the AAAAAAAAAAA as being a play on AA/AAA size batteries.

    "Lion", as in the animal, never once occurred to me until I read your message.

    Frankly, your interpretation would make more sense to the world at large. Proof positive that I need to get out more!

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  7. This will make BILLIONS!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    These little batteries can be used in tiny little dildos that attach themselves directly to a women's clitoris. They can wear them whenever they go out, when they go to work, or during a date.

    They can even wear them during sex and they won't have to fake orgasms anymore. The man will think he's studly and the woman will be satisfied. None will be all the wiser and there will at least be peace on earth.

    Oh happy day!

  8. Re:Uh... by diggitzz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you saying you have a more ready supply of methane or hydrogen gas then you do electricity?

    Actually, aside from 'technology', the enormous abundance of methane on Earth is the most easily-detectable sign that life exists here.

    And what produces more methane than bovine flatulance? Nothing.(well maybe a Mexian rodeo)

    Why do you think space aliens are always stealing/mutilating cows? It's because they think the cows are the dominant form of life here. And they might be right. =P

    So anyway, eat a bean burrito and fill up your fuel cell, it's cheaper than buying batteries. ;)

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  9. Re:Speaking of battery size ... by bakes · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's for the same reason that condom sizes are never small, medium, and large; instead they are large, extra large, and 'Oh my God!'

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