The recent recalls of Sony-manufactured laptop batteries highlighted
problems with the lithium-ion technology inside them: potentially
volatile materials, excess heat and a short life span. One potential
competitor is the thin-film battery, a technology still in the prototype
stage.
Thin-film batteries have a solid lithium core rather than a liquid one,
so they are less vulnerable to overheating and catching fire. They lose
virtually no power over time, and the units can be recharged thousands
of times before they need to be replaced.
Now thin-film technology’s prospects for making it to market are getting
a financial boost. Infinite Power Solutions, a company based in Golden,
Colo., plans to announce today that it has received a $34.7 million
investment from a group of private equity firms that will allow it to
begin mass production of thin-film batteries next year.
Raymond R. Johnson, the company’s president, said Infinite Power
Solutions had “solved all the technical issues” that have stood in the
way of the commercialization of thin-film batteries. It has now produced
prototype units that it says can be fully charged and discharged more
than 10,000 times.
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Probabil ca mergeau cu versiunea sp_eciala de windows 2000 oferita
darnic
de domnul Yaron Dror lui Argon care avea provizii speciale pentru
anumite periferiale cashurii disk access protocoale sau eventual
versiunea Long Horn de care domnul
Ilan Sharon vorbea inainte sa apara stiind ca spune inca ceva .
GAIA