Why Apple Matters to DJ and Visual Artist Pensatore
Michael Pensatore, New York City DJ and Visual Artist, picked …(read more)
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Posted: 22 October 2005 06:32 PM
I have seen that battery pack, but I would never buy it, since it uses AAs, I would prefer to buy a rechargeable battery pack, so that I don’t have to buy tons of AAs. |
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Posted: 22 October 2005 06:53 PM
You can just get rechargeable AA’s. Otherwise, there’s not much point. |
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Posted: 22 October 2005 07:14 PM
Beeb, being a man of battery belts, you should know that rechargeable AAs do not put out as much power as regular ones, thus I would not get the same battery life. Also those batteries have battery memory. |
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Posted: 22 October 2005 07:29 PM
So instead of 20 hours, you get 15. I can live with that.
All batteries do, even when they say they don’t. Battery technology SUCKS. We’re still in the stone ages. |
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Posted: 22 October 2005 07:35 PM
[quote author="Frozonecold" date="1130040841] rechargeable AAs do not put out as much power as regular ones it also depends on the type of battery. you can chose to have a high mA batteries. but right now alkaline are the best. |
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Posted: 22 October 2005 07:44 PM
Yes, but Li-on’s are still better than ni-cad and ni-mh, in many ways. I need a battery that can recharge whenever I need it to, and I like built-in batteries, since they do not increase the ipod’s size too much. |
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Posted: 22 October 2005 08:31 PM
Batteries are stuck in the stone age? Any limitations on batteries are most likely due to technology or general abundance of the right kind of materials at cheap prices. A better battery would be a good days developement for any company. |
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Posted: 22 October 2005 08:44 PM
Well, I don’t think that batteries are improving very fast, so I think companies should work harder to make more efficient electronics. |
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Posted: 23 October 2005 12:02 AM
Even after all this time, batteries are STILL too heavy, too bulky, and they don’t last very long. Think about how much space and weight of your typical laptop is taken up by the battery. Likewise most electronic devices. A big breakthrough in power, I think, is going to be trasmitted power over the air. That will change everything. |
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Posted: 23 October 2005 12:57 AM
Gotta say Beeb unless there is a fundamental shift in either the power used by devices or the laws of physics you’re going to be waiting a long time. |
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Posted: 23 October 2005 01:15 AM
There’s a way. We just haven’t discovered it yet. |
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Posted: 23 October 2005 09:58 AM
You sure? I have heard of them installing fuel cells in cellphones, once your out of juice, add more methane. |
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Posted: 23 October 2005 10:49 AM
Fuel cells are pretty cutting edge for power management. But I don’t think it’s really possibly to electrify the ait everywhere without problems. I really think the miniturization and the phasing out of moving parts does the best improvement. I also don’t think the companies aren’t working hard at finding better batteries, I just think there are limited things you can do. There are some big battery companies out there and I’m pretty sure they consider a better battery an important thing to put money into. |
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Posted: 23 October 2005 01:03 PM
In the same way oil companies are devoted, devoted I tell you, to developing alternative fuel sources. What I’m talking about probably won’t come from the battery industry, who are just fine with the status quo and making small incremental improvements here and there. I’m talking about revolutionary ideas that will probably come from someone’s garage. |
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Posted: 23 October 2005 03:58 PM
Battery companies aren’t’ oil companies, if they can used a different metal/chemical and sell that to you because it’s better, which makes the competition lose market share, they would.
Okay, so if you have one (garage) get to work. |
