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Batteries Continue To Suck
pvt_medic writes "As technology continues to grow, and we see more and more of a shift to portable electronic devices in our daily life, we are still constricted by one simple thing: Batteries. Newsweek has an interesting article about the lack of development in battery technology. 'Ironically, in our headlong rush to create sophisticated untethered computing, the most problematic technology turns out also to be the oldest: those nondescript metal cylinders that never seemed to be included with our Christmas toys.' And for those of you who would like an extensive overview about batteries, ExtremeTech.com has a nice overview."
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Wow this is an orginal article...
In other news: The sun continues to rise in the morning, puzzling scientists worldwide.
My potato gun was confiscated by the United Nations. They said I wasn't allowed to have weapons of mash destruction.
What about wall sockets? Considering their perpensity to start fires and the like I would think they're positioned to be in the top 10 list of technologies that need an upgrade. Certainly there must be a better connecter for home power.
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Actually, the battery is now believed to be much, much older.
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I don't get it. Isn't the point of a battery to "let go" of its charge so that you can use that to power whatever devices you choose (a light, in your case)? I'd think that a battery loosing a charge would be optimal and ideal, not a problem to complain about.
Ooooohhhh. You meant it's starting to lose its (notice, no apostrophe; interestingly enough you got it right earlier in the sentence, but not here) charge. I guess I'd be annoyed, too, in that case.