http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22191650
tl;dr claims:
1. 10 times smaller, or 10 times more powerful.
2. they can be recharged 1,000 times faster than competing tech.
Think beyond have a cell phone battery that only needs to be charged once per week. The final hurdle to robots (of the science-fiction kind) will be battery power. This makes them much more likely in the immediate future.
tl;dr claims:
1. 10 times smaller, or 10 times more powerful.
2. they can be recharged 1,000 times faster than competing tech.
Think beyond have a cell phone battery that only needs to be charged once per week. The final hurdle to robots (of the science-fiction kind) will be battery power. This makes them much more likely in the immediate future.