Nanotech Brings Battery Life Extender for Mobiles 489
An anonymous user writes "Using latest nanotechnology research, BatMax developed the first cellphone battery life booster that extends the mobile phone battery life and reduces charging time. BatMax is based on the IonXR, a new exclusively developed nanoceramic material, resulting from years of laboratory research. BatMax foil slows down the loss of capacity of Ni-CD, Ni-MH, Li-Ion and Li-Polymer batteries and thus provides improved battery performance. BatMax is a small (1.14 x 1.92 in) rectangular sticker which is installed on the mobile phone battery. Users just need to attach BatMax to the battery or the cellphone. They claim users will notice a battery life improvement after 5 to 10 charging cycles."
Haux? (Score:3, Insightful)
Snake oil (Score:3, Insightful)
I reckon it uses that little known electrochemical property, the "placebo effect"
Hockus-pockus, goggle-de-gook and mumbo-jumbo.
Apparently it'll do the dishes too!
Comment removed (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:April 1st or inexcusable advertising plug ? (Score:2, Insightful)
Stick a sticker on a battery to extend its life ? Someone needs to get a life.
Hmmm... If enough people belive this, someone will make a living.
Right, and I have a bridge I'd like to sell you. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:April 1st or inexcusable advertising plug ? (Score:3, Insightful)
Improving an antenna could actually work by placing elements at the right place. Although using a random sticker on a random place which is in no way matched to the actuall antenna won't work.
Jeroen
Re:why are we ... (Score:2, Insightful)
holy astroturfing batman! (Score:5, Insightful)
100% Snake Oil (Score:5, Insightful)
"(1) The nanoceramic material is extracted from a natural stone and depending on the version, layered between 2 protective silicon foils or on 1 or 2 sides of a conductive sheet.
The magical stuff it's made of is "extracted" from "natural stone". Hey, if it's natural, it must be good, right? These guys are selling pieces of rock with adhesive.
The wavelength of the electron released from BatMax is around 3-40 microns, and is considered to be within almost the same range with the oscillation frequency of molecules inside the battery. These molecules are able to raise their oscillation energy and electricity generation by receiving electron wavelength from BatMax.
This is absolutely meaningless technobabble. "Receiving electron wavelength"? A previous poster is right, these guys have been watching too much Star Trek.
BatMax unblocks and regulates the flow of ions by generating an electro-magnetic cavity and oscillation frequency with negative ions emission. The ionization generated by BatMax has been mesured as a level reaching 30 times the value (7 - 8.000 Ions/cm3) of the ambiant air ionization (2 - 300 Ions/cm3). By the ions production, BatMax improves the electrodes oxidization.
So somehow, using the same principle as an air purifier, the BatMax magically provides "negative ions" (without any electrical contact to the battery, of course) and makes any battery work better. 100% complete hogwash.
I salute the BatMax promoters for their audacity at selling rocks as high tech accessories, and I can only pity those who shell out hard-earned money for them.
What they said and what they forgot to say... (Score:2, Insightful)
The foil and the material are designed to: Absorb the electromagnetic waves generated from the battery.
Generate a flow of negative ions.
Interact with the battery's internal electrolyte and ions.
What they forgot to say...
THROUGH the battery's plastic case!
Oh come on give me a break... are they saying that the sticker operates on the battery's internal structure/chemistry through IMPERMEABLE PLASTIC?
Maybe if the sticker was coated in nanotech enhanced snake oil that would have worked, but with ceramic it's a tough call.
Re:Why can't I believe this works? (Score:3, Insightful)
IANAP (I am not a physicist) but this sounds really strange. I mean, it's a sticker.
No, it's just bullshit. It sounds like something they try to sell old people on a "Kaffefahrt" (There is no english term for it), a free afternoon trip where goods are sold to the passengers. Magnetic anti-rheumatism devices etc.
How on earth? (Score:5, Insightful)
How on earth can this thing even work?
From http://www.batmax.com/technology-features.php [batmax.com] The foil and the material are designed to:
*COUGH*bullshit*COUGH!*
kai
will it double my hard disk space? (Score:2, Insightful)
Slashdotted: Shutting down your mail server for 3 days can stop most spam.
Slashdotted: LCD screens have a latency measured in 100's of milliseconds.
Slashdotted: Putting a sticker on the back of your cell-phone that uses "nano-tech" can extract more life from the batteries.
CowBoyNeal: You are an idiot. [albinoblacksheep.com]
Re:Can advertisers still purchase stories on Slash (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't think Slashdot is going to last much longer if this sort of thing continues.
Re:Haux? (Score:5, Insightful)
Slashdot has sunk to a new low. And I really mean that...though the effect of saying that around here seems slight as people overuse the phrase.
Snake oil / CowboyNeal (Score:5, Insightful)
You sir, are a moron. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:You sir, are a moron. (Score:5, Insightful)
Oh, CowboyNeal approved it?
Can he take a really long vacation?
As a subscriber I find this fucking disgraceful (Score:5, Insightful)
So, a sticker is going to extend battery life, eh? (Score:2, Insightful)
4:47 Friday 28 January 2005 (Score:5, Insightful)
Perfect capacitor! (Score:3, Insightful)
They have made a great capacitor. Actually, if the stone would be very thin, or had micropores (like this one [ieee.org]) they could indeed solve a lot of the current battery problem. Unfortunately they use it in a perfectly wrong way.
Re:Haux? (Score:3, Insightful)
But, IAAEE (I am an electrical engineer). I have a MSEE. Complete BS.
I must admit that
Cowby Neal: would you like to buy a bridge?
Their "building" (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:I call junk science! (Score:3, Insightful)
no, but you'll get maybe enough attention so you'll get those 10 referrees.
Hey mod's (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Eric reads between the lines (Score:2, Insightful)
Placebo effect not required. Most rechargeable batteries have a break in period before they reach their maximum capacity anyway. Anyone gullible enough to believe this crap in the first place (CowboyNeal) will have no problem believing BatMax made the battery do something it would have done anyway.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a "for best results, use BatMax with a new battery" suggestion in their manual flyer somewhere.
Re:4:47 Friday 28 January 2005 (Score:2, Insightful)
D.
Re:Pseudoscience (Score:5, Insightful)
No, I kid, I kid.
A Scam by any other name... (Score:2, Insightful)
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~
PT Barnum was right.
Yes, Workable product? Yet to be determined, but f (Score:2, Insightful)
In other times this would be known as quackery. This is what happens if you let merketeers work unguarded by sane people.
Re:4:47 Friday 28 January 2005 (Score:2, Insightful)
IT'S A JOKE (Score:4, Insightful)
Why OSDN should fire Slashdot's editors (Score:3, Insightful)
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