| DanneSandin said:
I don't think it's that easy... You can't simply use a CD-burner to mass produce these kind of things. You have to have the right shapes on these things and it has to be done fast in large quantities. The technology is there, yes, but right now we're a while away from seeing this on the market. And you more or less just skipped the rest of my argument... |
The reason I skipped the rest of your argument is that batteries are ubiquitous, so oil companies have no say in the matter if foxconn needs them for their next ipad supply chain.
As for using a CD-burner to mass produce them, how do you think CD's are recorded and distributed to retail outlets in massive quantities? You got it, there are machines for that, stacked burners that do all that the video showed in mass-production. They could be tweacked like the lab guy did with his recorder to perform the same purpose.
The challenge is after that: how to mangle the paper into a battery form so compact and automate it all. That's the real challenge. Making the graphene oxide massively is the easy part.
| kitler53 said: can't watch the video right now but a major breakthough in battery tech has far more impactful consequences than a game console. ...like making renewable energy practical. |
Yeah, this is a gaming site though, and if you watch the video you'll see they talk about renewable energy. I know that those viewing can also see the ramifications outside of the context of consumer electronics. At least I hope they do. ;)
