A PhD student at Carleton University in Canada, Atif Shamin, has out-thought Apple by inventing a ‘transmitter system on-package’ that significantly extends the battery life of mobile devices. It all has to do with the connection between the circuit board and the antenna.
Instead of using wire, he designed a high frequency micro-transmitter and receiver that avoids the usual loss of power through a wire. That’s a significant breakthrough in energy efficiency in mobile devices. He created a module that replaces all of the wires connecting a phone’s electrical circuits and the antennae, making them all communicate wirelessly.
This mod, ups the device’s efficiency by a whopping 12 times, dramatically improving battery life. Apple should hire this guy immediately.
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Apple would never hire this guy. It would reduce profits through buying of new batteries by 12/.
Somehow, I can’t see this being legit… :-/
yes, they would hire him. just because it advances the battery life - does not mean that the battery doesn’t eventually die. this would give the iPhone yet another reason why it is the best
Utter and total baloney. And it isn’t even April Fools Day.
Incredible. To get a 12X improvement in battery life, the iPhone, as designed, would have to have less than an 8% efficiency in delivering power to the antenna that is improved to 100% efficiency with a loss-less wireless design. For cars this is the equivalent of going from 25 to 300 miles per gallon by making a change to the muffler. Fantastic.
This breakthrough is completely MISREPRESENTED and very incorrect. He did not improve battery life by 12X… he reduced radio power consumption, which will make a small dent in battery life… a small dent, nowhere near 12x.