The article is about battery life and how it has not improved significantly over the years despite advancements in technology.

Batteries are a crucial component of many devices that we use on a daily basis, whether it be a phone, a tablet, or a laptop. However, while desktops and gaming systems can draw power without any issues as long as you can pay your power bill, portable electronics are at the mercy of their batteries.

For example, e-readers can last quite some time on a single charge, but for most devices, battery life is limited to just a few hours before it hits zero. To understand why battery life has not improved significantly over the years, we need to look back at how technology has advanced in the past 10-20 years.

In the 1990s, you could buy a PowerBook G3 from Apple with a 333 MHz processor that still managed to get about 5 hours of battery life. However, when compared to a brand new Macbook Pro with a 2.5 GHz quad-core processor, which is about 100 times faster than the older model, it's surprising to see that there's not much better battery life.

This can be attributed to Mo's law, which states that every 18 months, integrated circuits in CPUs need to double in speed. This has happened consistently over the past 50 years, with everything being about twice as fast as it was 18 months earlier. However, this trickles down to phones, tablets, and other devices, where batteries are limited by their capacity.

One of the main reasons why battery life hasn't improved significantly is because modern smartphones have circuit boards attached to batteries. This makes it difficult for manufacturers to make significant advancements in battery technology without compromising on performance or size.

Despite this, there are still some tips that can help you improve your battery life today. For example, reducing screen brightness can make a big difference. Similarly, closing unnecessary applications and background processes can also help extend battery life.

Another way to improve battery life is by calibrating it regularly. This involves taking your device and burning out the battery completely until it shuts off. Then, immediately plugging it in and allowing it to fully charge up. Not only will this give you more accurate readings, but it will also be helpful for your battery life in the future.

In conclusion, while technology has advanced significantly over the past 10-20 years, battery life has not improved as much as one would expect. However, by following some simple tips and tricks, you can help extend the life of your device's battery and get more out of it.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a video talking a little bit about battery life now batteries are a lot of devices that we use on a day-to-day basis whether it be a phone a tablet a laptop you name it now obviously pretty much any kind of electronic device that we use will draw power now for example if you have something like a desktop or a game system or something that's plugged into a wall no big deal you know it can pull back as much power as it wants as long as you can you know pay your power bill it's no problem on the other hand portable electronics are pretty much entirely at the mercy of their batteries and while sure there are are some devices such as e- readers that can actually last quite a while on of charge for the most part you're going to be constrained to a few hours before your battery hits zero if you take look at how technology has advanced in the past 10 20 years you'll see that batteries really haven't done much for example in 1999 you could go buy a PowerBook G3 from Apple it's going to have a 333 MHz processor and yet still going to get about 5 hours of battery life contrast this with a brand new Macbook Pro you buy today and while it has a 2.5 GHz quad core processor which is about 100 times faster and yet you're not really going to get much better battery life well you can really trace it all the way back to the 1960s when Mo's law was invented basically what this means is that every 18 months integrated circuits in this case CPUs need to double in speed and this has actually happened pretty much consistently over the past 50 years every 18 months or so you see a pretty major jump and everything's about twice as fast as it was 18 months previous and of course all this trickles down into phones tablets and pretty much all other devices we use for example if you open up the smartphone such as the iPhone what you're largely going to see is a circuit board attached to a battery of course it still works it's still a great phone indeed smartphones in general are still taking off at an incredible Pace but just imagine if the battery didn't have to take up such a huge amount what else they could add you know more memory it could be faster etc etc of course every few months we hear about some major new battery breakthrough that's going to do this or it's going to do that but for the most part these things never really pan out but coming back to the here and now there are definitely some tips that will help you improve your battery life today for example screens are one of the number one draws of battery life so it's not a big deal to you just turn the brightness down a little bit same goes for closing unneeded applications for example something that's really not necessary like a live wallpaper can definitely give you a little bit more time I also highly recommend that you calibrate your battery on a regular basis if you're not familiar with what this means basically what it is is take your device it can be pretty much anything with a rechargeable battery and burn it all the way out until the device shuts off and then immediately plug it in and allow it to be fully charged up by doing this not only will it give you some more accurate readings but will also be very helpful for your battery life in the future anyway guys it's going to be about it I'm very curious to know what did you think about the video if you want to see more like this definely sure to leave me a comment down below let me know you want me to change anything or how it was cuz I kind of like doing videos like this I think it's kind of fun if you enjoyed this video definitely be sure to leave it a thumbs up and if you want to be notified whenever I post a new video be sure to subscribehey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a video talking a little bit about battery life now batteries are a lot of devices that we use on a day-to-day basis whether it be a phone a tablet a laptop you name it now obviously pretty much any kind of electronic device that we use will draw power now for example if you have something like a desktop or a game system or something that's plugged into a wall no big deal you know it can pull back as much power as it wants as long as you can you know pay your power bill it's no problem on the other hand portable electronics are pretty much entirely at the mercy of their batteries and while sure there are are some devices such as e- readers that can actually last quite a while on of charge for the most part you're going to be constrained to a few hours before your battery hits zero if you take look at how technology has advanced in the past 10 20 years you'll see that batteries really haven't done much for example in 1999 you could go buy a PowerBook G3 from Apple it's going to have a 333 MHz processor and yet still going to get about 5 hours of battery life contrast this with a brand new Macbook Pro you buy today and while it has a 2.5 GHz quad core processor which is about 100 times faster and yet you're not really going to get much better battery life well you can really trace it all the way back to the 1960s when Mo's law was invented basically what this means is that every 18 months integrated circuits in this case CPUs need to double in speed and this has actually happened pretty much consistently over the past 50 years every 18 months or so you see a pretty major jump and everything's about twice as fast as it was 18 months previous and of course all this trickles down into phones tablets and pretty much all other devices we use for example if you open up the smartphone such as the iPhone what you're largely going to see is a circuit board attached to a battery of course it still works it's still a great phone indeed smartphones in general are still taking off at an incredible Pace but just imagine if the battery didn't have to take up such a huge amount what else they could add you know more memory it could be faster etc etc of course every few months we hear about some major new battery breakthrough that's going to do this or it's going to do that but for the most part these things never really pan out but coming back to the here and now there are definitely some tips that will help you improve your battery life today for example screens are one of the number one draws of battery life so it's not a big deal to you just turn the brightness down a little bit same goes for closing unneeded applications for example something that's really not necessary like a live wallpaper can definitely give you a little bit more time I also highly recommend that you calibrate your battery on a regular basis if you're not familiar with what this means basically what it is is take your device it can be pretty much anything with a rechargeable battery and burn it all the way out until the device shuts off and then immediately plug it in and allow it to be fully charged up by doing this not only will it give you some more accurate readings but will also be very helpful for your battery life in the future anyway guys it's going to be about it I'm very curious to know what did you think about the video if you want to see more like this definely sure to leave me a comment down below let me know you want me to change anything or how it was cuz I kind of like doing videos like this I think it's kind of fun if you enjoyed this video definitely be sure to leave it a thumbs up and if you want to be notified whenever I post a new video be sure to subscribe