Despite heavy advancements in smartphone chipsets and processors, manufacturers and researchers alike have given the least amount of attention to the battery side of things. Sure they have jumped from nickel-based batteries to lithium-ion ones, but that is pretty much it. However, thanks to the latest research, it looks like charging smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices are going to be a thing of the past.
What Is This Latest Advancement?
A new smart material has been created that will minimize power consumption from the display of the mobile device. If this actually turns out to be true, then most mobile device manufacturers will be looking to try out this new piece of technology since normally, 90 percent of the battery life is consumed in keeping the display of mobile device running.
How Was This Breakthrough Achievable?
The founder of Bodle Technologies Dr. Peiman Hosseini has secured capital from the Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI) fund and the company is also in talks with several consumer electronics corporations to get this new power-efficient display mass-produced. Due to legal reasons, the names of the companies have not been specified here.
The tech is based on the same kind that is used to rewrite DVDs. Using this approach, electrical pulses were used to create displays that require absolutely no power to function, and according to the company, these displays give out quality that is better than the ones that we see in high-end smartphones of today.
“You have to charge smartwatches every night, which is slowing adoption. But if you had a smartwatch or smart glass that didn’t need much power, you could recharge it just once a week. We can create an entire new market.” – Dr Hosseini
This kind of display is exactly what wearables and smartphones require since despite delivering a ton of flexibility to consumers, they stop functioning in a matter of 24 hours thanks to rapid battery depletion.
This Technology Can Be Used In Other Markets
Apart from providing smartphone and wearable displays with a huge boost in battery life, the material can also be used to create smart windows, which according to a recent market survey, will become a market worth $2 billion US dollars by 2017. That’s not all the advantages, because they can also block out infrared rays from entering office buildings and households, which in turn will severely reduce your electricity bill. In order to target a larger market, the company has stated that a low-cost manufacturing method will allow it to make prototype units in a time span of one year.
Imagine that if such a power-efficient display technology is possible, then the burden of charging of smartphones and tablets will be reduced heavily, particularly in a region like Pakistan where there are spontaneous power breakdowns and outages.
