How the Future of Big Tobacco Could Be Tiny Lithium Batteries (perhaps our e-batteries will last lots longer too ...I hope)
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very cool idea but unfortunately it'll be buried because companies make mega bucks off of constant battery replacement.
That's amazing! I wonder how they stumbled onto that discovery. I imagine some old tobacco farmer bragging at the feed store, "I got this little flashlight I been carryin' in my pocket for years. Never changed the battery ever and it still works!" LOL!
batteries are a serious land fill problem. The manufacturers can simply sell them for 10 times the current price.
I'm surprised the article made no mention of using the technology in electric vehicles. At present, the bulk & weight of the batteries is one of the huge negatives to their widespread acceptance.
Yeah, it would be neat to have an 18650's power in a device the size of a standard 510 battery.
But, would you pay 10x as much to own one? <insert smiley here>
Yeah, it would be neat to have an 18650's power in a device the size of a standard 510 battery.
But, would you pay 10x as much to own one? <insert smiley here>
Of course, in relative terms the price might be the same. Instead of buying a pack of ten batteries, you would only need to buy one. The article emphasized the increase in longevity more than an increase in output. Or the same output as current batts in a smaller size. It might be like fluorescent light bulbs—the initial cost is more but the darn things last for years and your electric bill goes way down. Give me a PV batt that only needs to be recharged once a year and, yeah, I'll pay $100 or more for that.
@sjct: $100 for a battery that only needs to be recharged once a year, sure. But, even a large capacity 18650 won't vape for a 10th of a year, more than a month on a charge. Depending on how much you vape, a full charge might last 1-3 days. Multiplied by ten, that's a month on the outside (light vaping) not a year.
On the other end of the scale, a standard 510 sized battery but with 10x the endurance. Now you're talking about a day or two of vaping on a single charge. At 10x the cost of a standard 510 battery?
It would be nice to have the option. And, if it were ever developed surely the price would come down over time. It's interesting to think of the devices which could be improved on, and new devices which aren't presently practical due to battery technology presently available.
I want a netbook or notebook I can charge before leaving on a week long vacation, and leave the power supply at home.
But, the battery might be the most expensive component, LOL.
On the other end of the scale, a standard 510 sized battery but with 10x the endurance. Now you're talking about a day or two of vaping on a single charge. At 10x the cost of a standard 510 battery?
It would be nice to have the option. And, if it were ever developed surely the price would come down over time. It's interesting to think of the devices which could be improved on, and new devices which aren't presently practical due to battery technology presently available.
I want a netbook or notebook I can charge before leaving on a week long vacation, and leave the power supply at home.
But, the battery might be the most expensive component, LOL.
Well you figure, Big Tobacco knows they are going to lose ALOT of money, not that they haven't already with so many people switching over to PVs, why not try to make some back by using this virus in batteries. And then what happens when one of these batteries explode? That's my concern.
That would be cool to see that technology in ecigs. No need to carry around ego's or big mods. A ecig the same size of an analog that would last all day with maybe one switch of the battery per day. Cool technology, thanks for sharing !!
That would be great for the tax people - now I can tax your flashlight, your iphone and ipad- using tobacco products. Will it have to get pass the FDA?. And what temp range will it work in, to hot(summer on the beach or left in a car), to cold, waiting in the mailbox? And what happens when a battery leaks, are those little buggers going to infect something else....
Same capacity, different day. This one was nano tech.... 10 X capacity.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-1800-mah-super-mini-size-few-years-away.html
The future looks bright, in any case. And it WILL happen BTW.... laptops and electric cars will drive battery tech forward. e-cigs will benefit.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-1800-mah-super-mini-size-few-years-away.html
The future looks bright, in any case. And it WILL happen BTW.... laptops and electric cars will drive battery tech forward. e-cigs will benefit.
Wow, next thing you know, electric cars will be able to drive from sea to shining sea round trip on 1 charge.
Being from rural KY I can see how it will change the lives of farmers that once depended on Tobacco and now can't make as much money because of being cut back on the amount they are allowed to grow. Now the skies the limit.
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