Any new battery technologies coming out?

[fuzzybabybunny]

I'm getting pretty sick of shitty battery life on my phones and laptop and current electric cars. Anything better than lithium?

 

[Doppel]

Now? Nope.

 

[mnewsham]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/07/new-nanotube-battery-technology-leads-to-blisteringly-fast-recha/

just talk, nothing really looming on the horizon, most things being implemented to save phone power is software and network side.

 

[Rifter]

no kidding, when are they going to shrink a reactor enough to have nuke powered phones, would be epic never to need to charge your phone.

 

[bradley]

Graphene Lithium-Air is a very nice extension to existing tech. Increasing density and decreasing costs is always a safe bet. However, many obstacles are still in the way.

 

[Analog]

Miniature fuel cell technology may be the ticket for a jump, but there are some incremental increases in Li-Ion using nano technology and organic molecular improvements on that technology.

 

[edro]

I'm pretty happy with lithium. Just think, we mainly used NiCd 10 years ago.

 

[Modelworks]

for cell phones , not really anything on the horizon. Power use is going down though so expect longer time off existing batteries.