Ok... So they are, and I quote "also developing military-grade Batterisers so our troops will no longer need to haul 16 lbs of batteries on an average 72 hour mission."
It's actually 20lbs (or was in 2011) ... but only a tiny percentage are AAs:
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2011/May/Pages/ArmyMarinesFaceUphillBattleToLightenTroops%E2%80%99BatteryLoad.aspxThe night vision systems use 1 AA battery that lasts 50 hours:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/PVS-14It's only dark for half the day so a single AA has that one covered.
The other things that use AAs are flashlights, I'm pretty sure they'll already have boosters in them.
Way to pull at the heart-strings of the American public. Next they will be developing Batterisers for hospital medical use in Children's hospitals.
Don't worry, they've already been down that road. Apparently the same device that gets every last drop of power out of a battery also does it
without fully discharging the battery - because that would be unsafe and burn people's babies!!!
You can also mix old and new batteries, no problem.
Is there no end to Batteroo's engineering talent?
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