IBM creates breathing, high-density, light-weight lithium-air battery

Re:IBM creates breathing, high-density, light-weight lithium... by jnorthrop on Friday April 20, 2012 @07:58AM (#3867462)

To add weight to your skepticism the article states, "Eventually (in another 10 years or so), li-ion batteries could be replaced with li-air batteries." !0 years is a long time-frame.

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Re:IBM creates breathing, high-density, light-weight lithium... by Swannie on Friday April 20, 2012 @12:20PM (#3868520)

10 years is not a long time frame for something like a new battery technology... it's surprisingly short, in fact.

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Re:IBM creates breathing, high-density, light-weight lithium... by papagino on Friday April 20, 2012 @08:14AM (#3867509)

Exactly. 10 years is way past the Technological Event Horizon, which is about 2 years.

Which means that unlike, for example, memristors, lithium air batteries most likely won't happen, and if they do happen, their happening will be a consequence of other research.

(Which is an argument why most research should be fundamental and open-ended, i.e. not directed towards specific outcomes.)

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Re:IBM creates breathing, high-density, light-weight lithium... by Retric on Friday April 20, 2012 @09:25AM (#3867746)

If you follow Intel's R&D they have consistently gotten projects from 10-15 years out to come online on time.

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Re:IBM creates breathing, high-density, light-weight lithium... by dmm on Friday April 20, 2012 @08:19AM (#3867527)

The lord will return any day now! Pray with me brother!

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