“To some observers, it may seem like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped, but next month a group of high-tech companies — includin leading notebook computer makers Dell, Lenovo, Apple and Hewlett-Packard — will be holding a summit meeting in San Jose, Calif., to get the ball rolling on manufacturing standards for lithium-ion batteries for portable and handheld electronic devices,” John P. Mello Jr. reports for E-Commerce Times.
“The companies are part of the OEM Critical Components Committee of the IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries, of Bannockburn, Ill. The organization has some 2,400 members involved in making, designing or using electronic components,” Mello Jr. reports.
Mello Jr. reports, “The move comes after Dell, on Aug. 14, announced the recall of 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries with cells manufactured by Sony because, under some conditions, they may overheat and cause a risk of fire.”
“The panel began to focus on battery standards long before Dell’s massive recall was announced, according to the chairman of the committee, Dell’s Director of Supplier Engineering and Quality John Grosso,” Mello Jr. reports.
Full article here.
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“I love when people use that argument. It’s like a “debating cork” because it stops the flow of reasonable discourse. Anyone who disagrees with you is just brainwashed by the evil, corporate, mainstream media. How convenient for you to be able to pull that card from your hand and use it when you really have no ground to stand on. How about showing some proof of your claims, and that doesn’t count citing some website run by a forty-five year old guy with a ponytail blogging from his mom’s basement while listening to Art Bell.”
ndelc, I’m not really interested in trying to prove this stuff, because I don’t think it’s possible. And no, not because there’s no ground to stand on on this side of the debate. I suspect that one’s own personal experience, plus meeting enough very sane and intelligent people who’ve found out some of these interesting things for themselves is probably the best way to open one’s mind.
There are, of course, many interesting things to read to pique one’s interest, e.g. nexusmagazine.com. But actually hearing from one’s very sane and intelligent friends that “when I was a kid some guy in our town invented some amazing engine that ran on water; he sold it to some oil company” is, I suspect, more convincing. And then reading a similar story in Nexus magazine (or New Dawn, or whatever) and then flicking through a book about suppressed patents (yes, complete with real patent numbers) and seeing similar stories, and then observing (what we can of) how the world’s oil supply is handled, etc. I think it soon gets to the point where the conspiracy theory makes more sense than the official story.
So no, I can’t prove anything to you. All I can say is that a few things have been proven to me, and my suggestion is that you keep your mind open. But not so open that your brains fall out – there’s still a lot of what I think’s crap mixed in with the good stuff in the world of conspiracy theories, even in the likes of Nexus magazine!
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Des Gusting,
“In one of the stories I heard it was the suppliers of materials for the “batteries” that refused to co-operate, not wanting to help make demand for their services virtually disappear within a few years”
Well, my friend, all that statement tells me is that the
technology is not sustainable, and most likely cost
prohibitive. I look forward to ideas that hover just
over the horizon, but I do not ridicule those who
bring the best of what is available to market. Do
you feel me now?
Chairman: Ok Apple guys, what do you have as battery standard quality requirements in place there in Cupertino
Apple: well, you know, we have a long list of specs, tests and pre- and post-mortem requirements and quality of components that we require strict adherence to before we accept a battery for our portables and…
Chairman: Perfect. I think we have an agreement then. We’ll announce it soon with the Committee stamp on it. Objections? Nope. Good. Standards accepted.
Good job all. Thanks, this closes the session.