Google X Labs: Battery life in mobile devices has always been a big problem for manufacturers. To this day the battery life of most smartphones it's around 24 hours on a single charge. And while device makers are scrambling to find the perfect battery, Google hasn't seemed to be up for the challenge until now.
According to a publication from the Wall Street Journal, a small team inside Google X Labs has started since 2013 the research for discovery of new technologies that will be used in the batteries of mobile devices such as smartphones, wearables, tablets, etc.
The team led by former Apple battery expert Dr. Ramesh Bhardway was originally created in 2012 and apparently has something to show Results.
Today's WSJ publication reveals that a Google X Labs project is currently developing a flexible solid-state battery that can replace chemical liquids with solids through which current can be transmitted.
Such technology could lead to batteries produced in layers. It would also mean smaller and safer mobile batteries. So we will no longer hear scenarios with battery bursts during charging.
These batteries could be used to feed flexible products (perhaps a flexible Samsung smartphone that can be worn?) And could even be in a more extreme scenario being imported into the human body even though we are not exactly sure what would serve that.
2013, Google's Chief Executive Officer, Larry Page said that battery life for mobile devices was a "huge issue," but the company he was trying to come up with new and better ideas.
Two years after the statement, WSJ gave us a taste of Google's plans.
However, scientists at the company's Google X Labs do not seem to be the only ones trying to develop the batteries of the future. For example, a few days ago, we reported that researchers at Stanford University had developed an aluminum ion battery that allows for very fast charging times.
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