One of the biggest fears nowadays is the fear of death! Not of the human but of the mobile battery!
The greatest disappointment is also when you plug in the phone to get charged and the plug is not turned on!
You come back to see that the phone not only did not get charged but it has drained further!
The days of charging your phone once in a week or even a month is long gone! Now they feed on the charge at least once and sometimes more than that!
The future is not complete till you have a battery which can last long! ONe charge and it will stay juiced up for days or even months and a true miracle; even years!
I still remember how the poor remote of the TV used to start acting up when the battery was low! We used to kick and push and warm up the cell like giving CPR on the battery! Most of the times it used to work though!
Like the toothpaste which would be used till the last drop, the battery would be used till the last remaining electron!
Of course their history is also interesting!
Batteries have played an invaluable role in the history of physics, chemistry,
and industry.
Around 1780, physiologist Luigi Galvani experimented with frogs’ legs
that he could cause to jerk when in contact with metal. The spectacle of that
chorus line of flexing frog legs guaranteed Galvani sell-out crowds in
auditoriums the world over.
Galvani ascribed the leg movement to “animal electricity.”
However, Italian physicist and friend Alessandro Volta believed
that the phenomenon had more to do with the different metals Galvani
employed, which were joined by a moist connecting substance!
In 1800, Volta invented the first true battery, storing and releasing a charge through a chemical reaction instead of physically, which came to be known as the voltaic pile. The voltaic pile consisted of pairs of copper and zinc discs piled on top of each other, separated by a layer of cloth or cardboard soaked in brine (i.e., the electrolyte). He experimented with various metals and found that zinc and silver gave the best results
Of course these were ‘wet’ cells which were unpractical and cumbersome! Necessity lead to the development of the dry cell which was finally developed in 1886 by the German scientist Carl Gassner.
Now of course we have the leak proof batteries and cells but still sometime it does leak! Old remotes and other smaller devices which used to run on these older batteries used to show the leaks in forms of rust and disfigurement as a testament to the association!
Finally now you have the cool dry Lithium batteries which can be recharged and used for so long! The only issue is the drain! Then again an average phone now has drainage dependent stuff going on constantly! Be it the wireless or the location or the bluetooth or even the cellular service! Not to mention the apps running in the background! No wonder the poor phone is always power starved!
Power starved also was the character Bijjaladeva played by Nassar! But still pretty solid!
Now put your phone to charge and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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