{"id":82641,"date":"2015-03-16T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T13:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=82641"},"modified":"2015-03-16T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T13:27:51","slug":"vacuum-cleaner-maker-aims-to-double-smartphone-battery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/82641\/vacuum-cleaner-maker-aims-to-double-smartphone-battery-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacuum cleaner maker aims to double smartphone battery life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dyson, the British technology company that designs and manufactures vacuum cleaners, has invested $15 million in battery <span class=\"st\"> start-up<\/span>, Sakti3.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dyson\/timeline?ref=page_internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dyson\/timeline?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a>, <span class=\"st\">Sakti3 which was formed at the University of Michigan, claims its\u00a0has developed next generation solid-state technology that can store twice as much energy as traditional rechargeable batteries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company promises to double the battery life of smartphones, while also enabling electric cars to drive nearly 1,000 kilometres before having to recharge.<\/p>\n<p>Sakti3 has already received investments from General Motors, following claims that its batteries have an energy density twice that of current commercially available lithium-ions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Guardian, Dyson has entered into a joint development agreement to commercialise Sakti3\u2019s solid-state battery technology, which uses solid lithium electrodes instead of a liquid mix of chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>In September, <span class=\"st\">Dyson launched its<a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OadhuICDAjk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OadhuICDAjk\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8216;360 Eye robot&#8217;<\/a> which <\/span>has its own app to allow users to control, schedule and analyse data from their smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>The machine gets to work autonomously using a unique 360 vision system to build detailed maps of its environment.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More battery technology<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Super-fast battery charging on the way\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/electronics\/74340\/super-fast-battery-charging-on-the-way\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Super-fast battery charging on the way<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"What will \u201c5G\u201d technology bring us?\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/82253\/what-will-5g-technology-bring-us\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What will \u201c5G\u201d technology bring us?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tech predictions for 2015: the end of consumer might\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/electronics\/77173\/tech-predictions-for-2015-the-end-of-consumer-might\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tech predictions for 2015: the end of consumer might<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dyson, the British technology company that designs and manufactures vacuum cleaners, has invested $15 million in battery start-up, Sakti3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":82647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6644,26],"class_list":["post-82641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-dyson","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82641"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82657,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82641\/revisions\/82657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}