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When I applied to undergrad in 2007, I kicked myself for not sending in an application to Stanford (though I probably wouldn't have gotten in anyway) when I lea
by scythe 3y ago
When I applied to undergrad in 2007, I kicked myself for not sending in an application to Stanford (though I probably wouldn't have gotten in anyway) when I learned about the Cui group's silicon nanowire battery project shortly after the application window had closed. It's intriguing to see how long it takes to get these developments from lab to factory.
Here's the 2008 version of Wikipedia's "List of emerging technologies" showing the nanowire battery way back then — where I first heard about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_emerging_technologies&oldid=206457974 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_emerging_t...
- Tade0 3y agoI wonder how many people from that batch are still in the company? I remember the BluBoo X550 with a whopping 5300mAh battery and thinking that this is it - this is going be the product that will provide enough financing and investment for them to kick-off large scale production. Unfortunately it was a flop because the device was so badly optimized that battery life wasn't as spectacular one would suspect going by capacity alone. Good thing they found more profitable markets to tap into.
- __sy__ 3y agoI'd say much of the work to improve silicon nanowire batteries et al. happened 2010 onward. I think pre-2010, it was mostly strong proof of concept with okay-cycling performance. source: I was in the Cui group.