A team of scientists from Stanford University’s Department of Materials and Science Engineering, under the direction of Assistant Professor Yi Cui, have made a breakthrough discovery in regards to rechargeable battery life. By using a sponge-like network of silicon nanowires as the battery anode, replacing today’s graphite, the amount of lithium held by the anode increased by tenfold.

What does this mean for you? This means that we could potentially see 40 hour laptop batteries in the near future! No more short battery life and having to race around looking for your power adapter before your laptop shuts off due to a drained battery. Cui has filed a patent on this technology and is evaluating if the technology will be liscensed to an existing battery manufacturer or if a new company will be formed. Get ready to invest heavily!! Does anyone smell an IPO? I do, and it smells like money!

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