"Most new batteries contain 1.5V of energy when first bought"
Are you sure these guys have an EE degree?
A PhD and Masters. And the PhD guy is/was a professor
I’m hoping they have the courtesy to send Dave some free Batteriser samples to review, after all the help/information he’s been providing.
They are more than welcome to, but I suspect they'd prefer I just go away and STFU.
A PhD and Masters. And the PhD guy is/was a professor
I just did a patentsearch on the guy, he claims to have more than 500 US patents, I thought that was rediculous, but he does, 505 to be exact.
All from a nand flash company called Micron, and a lot of them almost the same (must be otherwise you can not get that many patents) and probably a lot as side kick.
I really wonder why someone like that gets involved with this kind of shady business and claims.
I just did a patentsearch on the guy, he claims to have more than 500 US patents, and he does, 505 to be exact.
All from a nand flash company Micron, and a lot almost the same.
That's common. One idea and patent 500 ways to implement it. Big companies like that have in-house patent departments that do just this.
I've heard it's one of the least desirable patent attoney roles, because it's more boring than watching paint dry.
I’m hoping they have the courtesy to send Dave some free Batteriser samples to review, after all the help/information he’s been providing.
They are more than welcome to, but I suspect they'd prefer I just go away and STFU.
Yeah perhaps, but considering the backing and funding this product seems to have, their overstatements maybe is deliberate to test the market responses (so to speak), on the line with "any publicity" is "good publicity"... (not at all a behaviour I agree with).
It's puzzling anyway... are they really just the 'clowns' they sometime seems to be(?)
mark my words, this is going to be a tell sell product, just next to the shrinkable garden hose but that one actually works
5 guys with mega qualifications, probable substantial revenue streams and lines of credit, looking for a paltry 30,000$ investment on the internet to subsidize their project. That doesn't make much sense, unless the whole thing is baloney.
5 guys with mega qualifications, probable substantial revenue streams and lines of credit, looking for a paltry 30,000$ investment on the internet to subsidize their project. That doesn't make much sense, unless the whole thing is baloney.
Making those pretty prototypes must have cost them that much.
Because of Capitals Control I can't contribute and comment...
Alexander.
Making those pretty prototypes must have cost them that much.
They have a fair bit of funding, no doubt. That is why they can set the target low.
5 guys with mega qualifications, probable substantial revenue streams and lines of credit, looking for a paltry 30,000$ investment on the internet to subsidize their project. That doesn't make much sense, unless the whole thing is baloney.
It's so they can use the Indiegogo as proof of market to major venture capitalists. Doesn't matter the amount, campaign success means campaign success.
The goal is most likely to flip the company for a profit at the first opportunity.
But I'm stunned that they have spend 5 years developing this, obviously have money behind them, a big name investor on their board already, have obviously spent tons of money on clever highly polished marketing and vidoes, and they chose Indiegogo Flexible Funding instead of Kickstarter?
They are allowed from IGG to select and remove comments?
Alexander.
Funny, there's 2 comments made on Indiegogo now (none by me)
One is calmly asking for more technical data.
The other is worshipping the product like the new messiah.
I wonder if the people who wrote fluff articles based on the batteriser press release are happy that their names are now being used to endorse the product?
I wonder if the people who wrote fluff articles based on the batteriser press release are happy that their names are now being used to endorse the product?
That's all part of the game, they don't care.
I think I might have a use for these things. There are a number of devices which refuse to run from a hydride cell, because they cut out at 1.4V or so.
Sure, there's one or two devices where this could be useful.
But ... they're only a tiny percentage of devices. Care to name yours?
I generally like Olympus products, but they've produced a few things that's wouldn't run from NiMH cells. They are certainly not alone.
Dave, what if we used batterisers on the storage batteries of a solar road?? All our power problems would be solved!!!
McBryce.
I'll say this: these Batteriser guys are true EEVBlog fans. They even read the post about the battery shorting through the sleeve - so they coated their sheet metal.
I am impressed at the price point they're able to achieve. Being an insider at Flextronics has its benefits.
These would actually have been nice 30 years ago in they pre-ubiquitous-boost-converter heydays of TTL logic. Aside from uber cheap toys, it's hard to see the point today.
PHD - Piled Higher and Deeper.
Funny enough, this applies to them rather well.