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I'm still[1] waiting on those silicon nanowire batteries. 8 more years! 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/dnlnf/breakthrough_edisplay_means_electron

• candiodari 8y ago
  Thing is, we know what those are, we can give you a plan that will work. We can give you an atom-by-atom plan of those. We just can't make them (and we're very far away from that atm). (and yes a pretty good criticism is that we could 4x or so current battery designs' performance as well given atom-by-atom manufacturing capability)
• philipkglass 8y ago
  They're being used now, albeit only in cost-insensitive applications like drones: "Amprius' Silicon Nanowire Lithium Ion Batteries Power Airbus Zephyr S HAPS Solar Aircraft" https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amprius-silicon-nanowire-lithium-ion-batteries-power-airbus-zephyr-s-haps-solar-aircraft-300759406.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amprius-silicon-nan...