New battery technology?

[Christoffer Glans]

There's a lot of things happening in the development of new types of batteries and I'm wondering if there's any v-lock developers who are looking into this?
The potential would be batteries that last an entire day on 1 charge and charge to 100% in a couple of minutes. It would revolutionize how we work on location so I'm super interested in any company who might be looking into this.

 

[Marcus Friedlander]

Wow that sounds like a dream come true! Where did you hear about this? Can you post some links?

 

[Christoffer Glans]

It's been circling the science world for some time actually, this article was written a year ago,
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/153614-new-lithium-ion-battery-design-thats-2000-times-more-powerful-recharges-1000-times-faster

...but it's not the only tech in the world moving in this direction. All coming battery technologies will most definitely be about longer use AND shorter recharge times. But I haven't heard anything yet about any actual technology makers who are about to incorporate this into their coming tech. For us it would be a dream if V-lock battery developers like blushape would create something like this.

 

[L. Langer]

There have been annual "battery breakthroughs" like clockwork but no sign - in any way whatsoever - that those are being refined into better batteries by the industries that make power cells. Given that, it seems that maintaining the status quo is really in the best interests of most component manufacturers, hence the focus on "other areas" to improve battery life.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14340.html

So this is out, but will there ever be any V-lock battery makers who will start using this tech when it's developed for market?
Imagine if Red made new Red Bricks with these capabilities, that would be awesome.

 

[Antony Newman]

There are a number of promising new battery technologies.

The Aluminium Ion battery can be deformed / drilled through with causing it to explode ... and can be recharged > 10k times.

I thought there was one aspect that was problematic for lithium ion replacement (something like it was great as a <2v source ... but don't quote me on that!).

As the XL module represents a significant portion of the overall camera weight, I am hoping that a battery technology emerges as the clear winner enough for Red to commit the R&D to move over from Lithium Ion to whatever comes next.

AJ