Check it Sony, 'cause if necessity is the mother of invention then you're about to be calling the ETRI daddy. Coming a
bit too late for some, ETRI (Telecommunications Research Institute of Korea) have developed what they call a Critical Temperature Switch to prevent exploding batteries in mobile devices. Smaller, but more reliable than ceramic sensors, the new switches use a Mott Metal-Insulator Transistor or MIT, to prevent batteries from swelling and exploding in a violent discharge triggered by overheating. Ultimately, ETRI expects to integrate over 16,000 of the Critical Temperature Switches or 5,000 explosion-proof systems into a film just 2-inches in diameter. For the time being, they are looking for partners to develop their commercially ready technologies into product. Hey
Sony, you paying attention?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
strider_mt2k @ Sep 21st 2006 9:19AM
This idea will surely be suppressed by the Fire Extinguisher Consortia.
teo @ Sep 21st 2006 10:35AM
This shouldn't really be classified as 'mobile' since mobile is for cellphones and wireless right?