Oh, chip!
A new chip being developed at MIT uses so little power, it could enable sensors, communication devices and other gadgets to run on body heat and movement alone - no batteries needed. From the article at Wired's website:
If these things don't take off, I think the first place we should look is to see if Energizer, Duracell or Rayovac had something to do with their failure.
Intel's newest mobile platform, SilverThorne, cuts power consumption to less than 2 watts. That's less than one-fifth of any previous offerings and one-eighth the power draw of ballyhooed products like the MacBook Air's new chip, which draws 17 watts. The MIT team's chip uses between 1 and 100 microwatts.(For those who don't keep up, it takes a million microwatts to make one watt.)
If these things don't take off, I think the first place we should look is to see if Energizer, Duracell or Rayovac had something to do with their failure.
On 2/06/2008 1:49 PM,
none said…
That will be fantastic. Less power less heat, longer component life and less wasted energy.
On 2/06/2008 7:54 PM,
Jen said…
This could be very exciting! And yes, I'll be interested to see what the big battery companies do...
On 2/06/2008 9:51 PM,
robkroese said…
They need to work on cramming more microwatts into a watt. Come on people, we've put a man on the moon!
BTW, Monkeyhands WAS a Brit. By way of India, but yes, he was British. F***ing wanker.
On 2/07/2008 12:21 PM,
heels said…
They're not going to shut it down! How else do you expect the government to power the tracking chips we'll all have implanted? Duh!
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