Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../12/19/2338237

Anyone think this is really going to fly? If it does, it's got quite a potential to help mobile devices like the NIT.

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

Not really. If I read correctly the method reduces the power consumed by the antenna by the order of 12, not the whole device.

On a cell phone that may be a sizable chunk of the total power consumed, but on a WiFi/BT only device like our tablets... maybe not so much.

Edit: ... BTW, I think it will fly but other factors like RF & magnetic interference may have to be overcome first.

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

Hmmm i wonder what happens when you connect LOTS of components like that. I'm not sure that you could build a whole device with that kind of technology. So I'm with YoDude on that matter...

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

wifi can eat a lot of juice, if allowed to...

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

I read his dissertation. The idea he has is to use a wireless connection internally in the device as a lower resistance "wire" than the copper/hybrid alloy wire that is used currently. (The N800's wire to the antenna is several tenths of an ohm) It is an interesting idea that will take at least 3 to 5 years until it is seen in devices. It could also shrink the size of devices.

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

If applied correct it doesn't. With correct material and aiming one can extend the range. I've seen stations like this together with other embedded hardware applied in Africa on solar power.

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

I love the /. comments... some people analyzing the thesis via other comments rather than the paper itself. :D

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thats slashdot for you, dont bother reading the article, just comment on the summary...

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

Yes, but the article's just been /.ed; odds are it's already inaccessible, so why try reading it?

Re: Student Invention May Significantly Extend Mobile Device Battery Life
 

is there not some kind of mirroring service built into slashdot these days?