Comments on: Betavoltaic Batteries Last 30-Years in Your Laptop http://cybernetnews.com/betavoltaic-batteries-last-30-years-in-your-laptop/ Technology News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/betavoltaic-batteries-last-30-years-in-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-117378 Ryan Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:25:28 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/05/betavoltaic-batteries-last-30-years-in-your-laptop/#comment-117378 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-117230" rel="nofollow">BinaryMuse wrote:</a><blockquote>Incredibly cool! It’ll be interesting to see how quickly they catch on. If it’s relatively high, and they are relatively inexpensive to make, maybe the price won’t be too high for too long.</blockquote></div> I'm sure there will be some competition as well that will help drop the the price. I never thought I'd see the day where laptops were under $1000, and now you can get them regularly under $500. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-117294" rel="nofollow">Michael Dobrofsky wrote:</a><blockquote>Laptop battery power (and other devices) is the single-most limiting factor holding us back in the tech race.</blockquote></div> That is definitely true. The powerfulness of devices are extremely limited right now because of how fast they already drain batteries. Barely anyone wants a powerful laptop because it will only get an hour of battery life. BinaryMuse wrote:
Incredibly cool! It’ll be interesting to see how quickly they catch on. If it’s relatively high, and they are relatively inexpensive to make, maybe the price won’t be too high for too long.

I’m sure there will be some competition as well that will help drop the the price. I never thought I’d see the day where laptops were under $1000, and now you can get them regularly under $500.

Michael Dobrofsky wrote:
Laptop battery power (and other devices) is the single-most limiting factor holding us back in the tech race.

That is definitely true. The powerfulness of devices are extremely limited right now because of how fast they already drain batteries. Barely anyone wants a powerful laptop because it will only get an hour of battery life.

]]> By: Michael Dobrofsky http://cybernetnews.com/betavoltaic-batteries-last-30-years-in-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-117294 Michael Dobrofsky Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:38:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/05/betavoltaic-batteries-last-30-years-in-your-laptop/#comment-117294 Laptop battery power (and other devices) is the single-most limiting factor holding us back in the tech race. Laptop battery power (and other devices) is the single-most limiting factor holding us back in the tech race.

]]> By: BinaryMuse http://cybernetnews.com/betavoltaic-batteries-last-30-years-in-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-117230 BinaryMuse Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:41:24 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/05/betavoltaic-batteries-last-30-years-in-your-laptop/#comment-117230 Incredibly cool! It'll be interesting to see how quickly they catch on. If it's relatively high, and they are relatively inexpensive to make, maybe the price won't be too high for too long. Incredibly cool! It’ll be interesting to see how quickly they catch on. If it’s relatively high, and they are relatively inexpensive to make, maybe the price won’t be too high for too long.

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