Software Defined Smart Battery Arrays Extend Laptop Life

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 5, 2015 @11:30PM from the going-a-bit-longer dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A Microsoft research paper, titled 'Software Defined Batteries', outlines a radical charging alternative which uses a smart battery system to keep consumer-grade gadgets going for much longer than the current norm, by monitoring user habits. Making use of existing technologies, the engineers place multiple battery control under the duties of the operating system to create a software-defined approach optimized for different scenarios, such as word processing, email or video streaming.

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Re:"Software Defined" Buzzword by bjwest · 2015-10-05 23:55 · Score: 4, Funny

The batteries are not software defined, their usage is. Get it straight. I understand that its very 21st century to make things "Software Defined", but they just aren't.
What!?! You mean I can't just sit at my desktop and code out a new battery for my laptop? WTF? This is the 21st century!

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Can I remove the battery that lets it show ads? by Doke · 2015-10-06 01:03 · Score: 5, Funny

If different batteries are used for different purposes, can I remove the one that plays ads?