Google Battles For Better Batteries

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday April 11, 2015 @09:20PM from the using-drones-to-hunt-energizer-bunnies dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Wall Street Journal reports that Google's X research lab has joined the quest for better batteries. The company has at least 20 projects that depend on batteries, from Google Glass to self-driving cars and drones. Thus, it makes sense for them to try developing new battery technology. "At Google, Dr. Bhardwaj's group is trying to advance current lithium-ion technology and the cutting-edge solid-state batteries for consumer devices. ... In a February presentation to an industry conference, Dr. Bhardwaj described how solid-state, thin-film batteries could be used in smartphones and other mobile devices that are thinner, bendable, wearable and even implantable in the human body. ... For the contact lens, the technology is safer because it doesn't use flammable electrolyte liquid, Dr. Bhardwaj's presentation explained."

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Betty by davidc · 2015-04-11 21:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Betty bought a bitty battery
But the bitty battery Betty bought was bogus
So Betty backed a better bitty battery
1. Re:Betty by drinkypoo · 2015-04-12 00:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Cecil sells c cells down by the seashore.
  
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  "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"