Sonicable intends to alleviate the battery charge problem

Feb 5, 2015 14:49 GMT  ·  By

It might not be something that tech giants like to talk about much, but batteries today are really poor compared to the quality of the rest of the hardware in smartphones, laptops, etc.

There is a reason why CPU, APU and SoC makers have been doing all they could to cut power needs of their processors.

Basically, batteries have more or less stagnated for years, as far as charge life is concerned. Efficiency of the actual computing system has been a major focus because of it.

There are some research papers that describe how batteries could be enabled to last longer, or methods to make completely new kinds.

They are years away from implementation though, which means that any alternative is welcome. The Sonicable is one such alternative, though the meaning of the term is loosely used.

The Sonicable will cut battery charge time in half

When we say battery charge time, we mean the time it takes for a battery to fully recover its banks, not the time it can keep power running.

Since there is no way to just suddenly double or further improve the charge capacity of batteries, Bluetech Industries went with the next best thing.

So they created the Sonicable, a cable that supposedly allows a smartphone, tablet or whatever else to recharge fully in half the time it would normally take.

The cable lets users actually decide how it operates. The regular mode will charge the device and allow for file transfer and synchronization.

The Sonic Mode, however, will direct all resources to charging the device. Sounds kind of straightforward really.

Availability

The Sonicable is not up for sale yet, but it has been made available through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.

With a length of 1.2 meters, which is the same as 3.9 feet, Sonicable has a price of $27 / €24 and can be ordered in either iPhone Lightning version or with USB (dual-sided). The body is made of nylon and the ports from aluminum.

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