[sdiy] lead and batteries

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/01 2:34:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, diode at hotmail.com 
writes:

<< At this point, battery technology is often the limiting factor in 
 equipment.. [like mobile phones where 50% of the volume is the bat.. etc] >>

While we're on the subject of batteries, I noticed that the editor's column 
in this months Poptronics mentioned that some company that develops lithium 
batteries had bought all the remaining patents for the lithium ion 
technology, and is going to _license_ the technology...meaning that they 
would be charging a licensing fee to anybody who marketed a device using such 
a battery. This brings a number of comments to mind, but most of them aren't 
printable here...

Chris