Link: Exploding Batteries

Wired has an article on "Building a Better Battery". They mainly discuss Laptops but at the end of the day everyone wants their gadgets to have an unlimited supply of power. Whether it be a digital camera, a mobile phone or the iPod, no length of time is enough. What I'm surprised about is the fact that many of the devices we have are not very energy effecient. Laptops have a great deal of software built in and now have, with centrino, a hardware piece too, but phones for example have no need to display the screen at all when they are in your pocket.

We need some sort of clever system to put all of our apps on standby when they are idle but without waiting long for bootup. Consumers will always go for ease and comfort than energy saving measures so this system needs a balance of the two. Most mobiles I think have got it right with periods going into days before the battery runs out. Laptops, digital cameras, and other gadgets need to start becoming smarter about battery usage.