New batteries...maybe

Fallschirmjager

well here is an interesting piece of info. This is for powering a house and apparently fits in the palm of your hand. i guess its only a matter of time until smaller ones are made and we may have enough juice to go for weeks when shooting!!! woo hoo.

http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/8070901-ceramatec-develops-24-hour-solar-energy-storage-battery.aspx

Firekitten

This sounds epicly familiar to transmiting power via microwave in the grand scheme of 'new battery tech'

Fallschirmjager

Firekitten wrote: »

This sounds epicly familiar to transmiting power via microwave in the grand scheme of 'new battery tech'

so i could play and cook a chicken at the same time...:D

Firekitten

and your head.

NakedDex

Firekitten wrote: »

This sounds epicly familiar to transmiting power via microwave in the grand scheme of 'new battery tech'

That theory has been going on for a long time. That was Tesla's own baby back in the day. It's still technically possible.

Those packs sound interesting, but they're a long way off being used even in solar systems I'd say. Not until the panels themselves become more efficient. As it is, most of the panels in Ireland are used for heating water rather than producing power since those one's are incredibly efficient.
I'd love to see one though. Storage of almost 182A in something the size of a mug is a bloody marvel.

Firekitten

Yeah, technically possible or not. I dont want that amount of power flowing through me to any gun, mine or someone elses... I like having intelect, it sets me apart from apes that decide this sort of thing is good for airsoft ><

NakedDex

That's not quite how it works but I get your drift. Then again, you've got a mobile phone in your pocket at all times, as do those you live with, wifi at home, radios, tvs, dozens of power transformers and the guts of a kilometer of cable surrounding you. You're already exposed voluntarily to a bloody wide gamut of radiated and magnetic pollution.

Firekitten

but none of those items, are directly sending power through those airwaves...

go for it, I wont be.

NakedDex

Not in any way that's more dangerous than the number of fields being emitted by your computers power supply or your phone when it's beside your head during a call. Welcome to the wonderful world of inductance, you'll find it's how your kettle already works.

Fallschirmjager

i am far from a battery expert but i dont see microwaves mentioned in the article, then again that could be just me.

anyways, it was just to show that long life batteries are on the way. obviously this is a far way off...i dont see the company looking at the airsoft industry as some large untapped market...then again you never know

NakedDex

The microwaves were about transmitting power wirelessly, different reply.
I think the big thing airsoft needs is physically smaller batteries that give the same power levels. We're getting there with LiPo though.

Firekitten

I've never had a problem with battery size.... Though batteries are becoming redundant with the new breed of gbb rifles.... when they get better, aegs are a defunct technology like ye oldy springer pistols...

Puding

when they get better, aegs are a defunct technology like ye oldy springer pistols

know that a leap i can not see aeg going th eway of the dinos by a long long way there just far more practical that a gbb especialy for certan climits, gbb where neglected for many years and know there having a second wind but i can see aeg still being dominent with both living together, complementing each other tbh in my eyes,

we get the odd person bringing a gbb out for a bit of fun at a skirmish but they quickly go back to the old faithful aeg

Firekitten

at the moment most manufacturers are working on making them first... and variants first... soon they will make them work... you'll see mwahahaha *pictures gbb mg42 and gbb l96 and dribbles*

NakedDex

I've never had a problem either, but the newer, smaller packs are making it easier to hide batteries in less conspicuous places on the AEG with almost no trade-off.

I've no real love for most GBB rifles yet. They're fun, realistic, simpler and clearly the way forward, but until we get regulated CO2 mags, I'm sticking with AEG's. For now, they're still more reliable.