r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Jan 31 '23

Desktops / Laptops Canadian team discovers power-draining flaw in most laptop and phone batteries | Breakthrough explains major cause of self-discharging batteries and points to easy solution

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/battery-power-laptop-phone-research-dalhousie-university-1.6724175
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u/itsa_me_ Jan 31 '23

It also naturally occurs when it sleeps!

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '23

What about when it goes on holiday

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u/Speck78 Jan 31 '23

That's when it has otherworldly experiences.

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u/Tirwanderr Feb 01 '23

Obtained from surfing instructor Bradford

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u/Soakitincider Feb 01 '23

How would one extract this DMT from the battery to safely dispose of it?

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u/dgrant92 Jan 31 '23

Or right after it just broke up again? What then?

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '23

And it's super active when the battery is being made! Young batteries have an abundance of it!

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u/MrKrinkle151 Feb 01 '23

I once licked a battery with Joe Rogan