Imagine trying to carry out some urgent transaction on your cool-to-decent mobile phone just to discover that the device is set to run down. Then just as you think you have a solution, you discover your power bank is not helping matters at all. One word can sum this up perfectly; calamity.
Brace up though, there is good news. Chinese (them again) tech giant Huawei has unveiled two prototype removable lithium-ion batteries that can recharge in just minutes, using a bespoke charger.
The innovation has the ability to charge higher capacity batteries by 48% in five minutes and could provide up to 10 hours of talk time, while the lower capacity battery can be juiced up by 68% in two minutes.
One drawback of this pretty neat innovation is that it is not big enough to run a Smartphone for long, the firm said.
Phone battery life has been a thing of concern to many tech brands as it determines the rate at which devices function over time.
So many tech giants are investing in research on how to improve or provide alternative quickest source of power supply to smart phones.
Samsung had in March said its Galaxy S6 handsets batteries coul power up to four hours of usage at a 10-minute charge.
Isreal on the other hand at the beginning of 2015 unveiled a start-up Storedot that can charge smart phones very fast under one minute.
Scientists the world over are presently looking for alternative battery materials to the traditional lithium-ion such as aluminium and graphene.
Huawei while speaking on its new innovation said it used hetero-atoms (atoms which are not carbon or hydrogen) which it claimed increases charging speeds without affecting the battery’s overall lifespan.
Microsoft President, Rick Osterloh had said “Everyone in the world – consumers and all the manufacturers – would benefit from some unforeseen breakthrough in battery chemistry technology.”
“At the moment everyone is getting interesting incremental benefits from changes in lithium-ion batteries but fundamentally there hasn’t been a Moore’s Law type curve for battery improvements and I think that would be something everyone would benefit [from].”
Perhaps we are closer than ever to a breakthrough with these battery issues?
Post Nigeria
Brace up though, there is good news. Chinese (them again) tech giant Huawei has unveiled two prototype removable lithium-ion batteries that can recharge in just minutes, using a bespoke charger.
The innovation has the ability to charge higher capacity batteries by 48% in five minutes and could provide up to 10 hours of talk time, while the lower capacity battery can be juiced up by 68% in two minutes.
One drawback of this pretty neat innovation is that it is not big enough to run a Smartphone for long, the firm said.
Phone battery life has been a thing of concern to many tech brands as it determines the rate at which devices function over time.
So many tech giants are investing in research on how to improve or provide alternative quickest source of power supply to smart phones.
Samsung had in March said its Galaxy S6 handsets batteries coul power up to four hours of usage at a 10-minute charge.
Isreal on the other hand at the beginning of 2015 unveiled a start-up Storedot that can charge smart phones very fast under one minute.
Scientists the world over are presently looking for alternative battery materials to the traditional lithium-ion such as aluminium and graphene.
Huawei while speaking on its new innovation said it used hetero-atoms (atoms which are not carbon or hydrogen) which it claimed increases charging speeds without affecting the battery’s overall lifespan.
Microsoft President, Rick Osterloh had said “Everyone in the world – consumers and all the manufacturers – would benefit from some unforeseen breakthrough in battery chemistry technology.”
“At the moment everyone is getting interesting incremental benefits from changes in lithium-ion batteries but fundamentally there hasn’t been a Moore’s Law type curve for battery improvements and I think that would be something everyone would benefit [from].”
Perhaps we are closer than ever to a breakthrough with these battery issues?
Post Nigeria
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