New Life for Laptops with 40-hour Rechargeable Battery

There is nothing quite as frustrating as trying to work on the road on my laptop only to have my time run out because the battery is drained.  The ideas are flowing through my head, but my laptop isn’t flowing anywhere.  Now I have to take the time to dig out the plug and charge the battery back up – there goes the flow!

What if it were possible to work all week long without charging the battery even once?  It may be in the not so distance future that you can get a 40-hour rechargeable battery for your laptop. 

By using nanotechnology a team of scientists from Stanford University have made a breakthrough in battery life.  They are currently evaluating the technology further to see if it can be used commercially.

This revolutionary development will give batteries 10 times more charging ability.  It was made possible because the scientists used silicon nanowires instead of the traditional graphite.  It has long been theorized that the silicon anodes have the highest charge capacity, but until now no one has been able to determine how to put them into practical use.

The only real concern that I have is the price.  I got a GREAT deal on my laptop (especially when you add in rebates and the fact that I bought it on a no tax weekend).  It would be cruel irony if the battery that I needed to get my work done cost me more than the computer I was doing the work on. 

No matter what the cost (and you know it is going to cost) might be it will be worth it to have that kind of charge life on the battery.