Dyson invests $15 million in a possible revolutionary battery technology
Of all the companies, you wouldn’t imagine a household appliances company to go ahead and invest in a technology that could benefit smartphones.
Dyson, a very famous company known for its vacuum cleaners has invested $15 million in a battery technology which could result in double the battery life for smartphones. This technology could also benefit electric cars, allowing them to drive 600 miles on a single charge. This could be a massive change for the smartphone industry which is currently working around poor battery life issues.
Sakti3, a University of Michigan spinoff, is soon going to receive $15 million in funding from Dyson. While Sakti3 has invented a new solid-state battery technology, it is on Dyson to commercialize it and make it a viable technology for makers of consumer electronic goods.
The battery technology that Sakti3 has come up with is different that the current lithium based technology which is used in virtually all of the electronic goods today. What might surprise you is that we’ve had very little progress on this front since Sony introduced it in 1991. What Sakti3 is doing different here is the change in state of chemicals – instead of a liquid mix of chemicals, they are using solid electrodes allowing them to store double the amount of energy as a normal lithium based battery.
Sakti3 claims that these batteries will be lighter, safer and cheaper to manufacture and use in consumer goods. The company is also claiming that these batteries are way more environment friendly than the regular lithium based batteries, which in theory is a very welcome development. How this entire thing pans out is something that I’m going to have a close watch on, because this is going to be big.
