- At Hewlett-Packard the “memristor.”
HP intends to have an alternative technology to flash on the market in eighteen months, an alternative to DRAM in three to four years and, following DRAM, a replacement for SRAM, Stan Williams, Senior Fellow at HP, told the IEF2011 meeting in Seville this morning.
In theory, solid-state batteries are more stable than current li-ion tech and weigh significantly less. If they can be made to work affordably, solid-state batteries could be the breakthrough that electric vehicles need to transform them from urban runabouts to everyday rides for a majority of drivers.
- Moving toward true artificial limbs More on this here.