In 1869, the custom-made horse drawn buggy was the most modern of transportation vehicles. Yet in just 100 years, the technology of travel advanced so far that we placed a man on the moon. These leaps in technological prowess have to be counted in multiple factors of ten, from those early days of horse drawn travel to our present standard of supersonic flight. Likewise the transistor, developed in just 1947, consisted of over half an inch square of wires, coils, and connections. Yet in just 50 years it was shrunk down to a mere 20 atoms wide at its thinnest part.
Yet nowhere are these magnitudes of change so completely lacking than in the technology of battery development. It’s been said that – from the very first day the modern battery cell was invented to the highest quality, most advanced battery that today’s money can buy – the performance has only increased by a miniscule eightfold (quite small when compared to our progression in other technologies). This is because batteries simply conform to technical restrictions set in place by nature, and don’t seem terrifically impressed by man-made concepts such as Moore’s law.
Finally, as if it wasn’t bad enough that battery performance hasn’t been able to advance very far, there are two more headaches to ponder when considering a battery as a power source. Namely, there are distinct size-to-power ratios that must be adhered to, and there’s also the disturbing fact that even if no power is being used to operate its particular device, the battery is still losing 7 to 10 percent of its power per year just by sitting.
mPhase Technologies (Trading under the symbol XDSL) is committed to changing the status quo. mPhase is revolutionizing the development of future battery performance by incorporating the use of nano-technology, and the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, AlwaysReady, Inc., has completely redesigned the traditional concept of the battery. By utilizing the latest in nanoscale technology, mPhase has developed working batteries with a potentially infinite shelf life, faster ramp to power, economical manufacturing standards, adaptability regarding size constraints and packaging needs, and an ultimately environmentally friendly profile.
These attributes are the elusive holy grail for a host of applications ranging from next-generation handheld gaming devices or high-tech PDA/cell phones to an array of sophisticated military, medical, industrial, and consumer technologies. As the proliferation of high-tech devices explodes, mPhase is developing the very power-source batteries that can accommodate them. Time may have left battery advancement behind, but mPhase is catapulting it into the future, and in doing so has captured the eye of dozens of high-volume original equipment manufacturers from around the globe, along with the US military itself. This is a technology that’s been long overdue, but mPhase has brought it to us with stunning success. Keep an eye on this space for future developments.
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