StoreDot - Nanotechnology Inspired by Nature

Smartphones have become a key part of all our lives. We use it every day, to check emails, call people, play games and stream social network websites like Facebook. But, using smartphones does come at a cost, and that is dealing with their battery lifespan.  For example, Apple’s iPhone 5s has an average battery talk time of 10 hours while Samsung’s S4 has an average battery life of 17 hours.  And the more features you use, the shorter the battery life.

The picture below shows the battery of a further variety of phone (note: they are measured according to talk-time)

For a teen like me this isn't really a problem, if I leave it to charge the night before. But let’s say that I forget to charge my phone overnight and let’s say my phone is an iPhone 5s with a battery life span of just 10 hours. So I realize when I wake up the next morning that my phone is dead and it is too late by then. The iPhone takes roughly takes two hours to charge, implying that I don’t have the time to get it charged. I think the problem would be felt  much more for business folks. Luckily for me and I guess for all of us, an Israeli start-up company has come up with the perfect solution – StoreDot technology.

 As some of you might’ve read in the newspapers earlier StoreDot is a revolutionary technology that incorporates nanotechnology in their battery charger. The Charger as seen in the video charges a Samsung S4 to 100% in 26 seconds. Something that would've been impossible to believe without video proof.

Quoting the Telegraph, “"Batteries are just one of the industries we can disrupt with this new material. It is new physics, new chemistry, a new approach to devices," said Dr Myersdorf, founder of StoreDot.”

So I was thinking while this technology is still in its infancy – where it could be incorporated in 10 years. Battery powered cars like the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf require long charge times. And Battery powered vehicles are the future right? But what use is an electric car if its battery is dead? I’m sure that technology similar to StoreDot’s would be the ideal solution. Innovative chargers which can charge your car in 30 minutes flat, and I believe engineers are currently developing such technology for the Tesla model S.

Here is the link to StoreDot’s website: http://www.store-dot.com/

Introduction

Hi there, I'm a 17 and I live in Bangalore, India. I'm a big fan of tech related stuff - Google now, Smartphones, Xbox One you name it, and I know it. Perhaps Bangalore, being the tech capital of India influenced my love for technology.

I was introduced to the computer when I was three years old - the IBM computer - a source of interest and entertainment to me. Often I would see mom working at it, I’m pretty sure I didn't know what they were doing but all I can say is that, it caught my attention. When I turned four my dad introduced me to simple games on the IBM machine. Space Invaders and Pacman were personal favorites of mine, and every day after getting back from the day-care I would use the computer.

Today though, everything has changed.....IBM computers have ceased to exist

PRESENTING THE IBM MACHINE

 And instead a wide variety of devices, namely laptops, personnel-computers and now even tablets have taken up their place. PCs, or personal-computers are what most people have at home, a monitor connected to a CPU (central processing unit, the so called 'brain' of a computer), a mouse & keyboard would also be connected to the CPU. These make the base units upon which tech companies like Logitech and Asus keep building upon that is, making faster CPU so that the machine can process more data, also by making monitors of sharper contrast and better quality and so on.

Now, what is a smartphone? Well as Wikipedia would put it - "A smartphone, or smart phone, is a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones".

The three current operating systems for Smartphones: Android, Windows and IOS.