A student from Duke University, Justin Manweiler, has come up with a unique device that will help extend the life of devices using wi-fi, reports IT Pro Portal. It is called the SleepWell.
The invention by Manweiler is primarily based on how the battery life of Wi-Fi enabled devices, like laptops and smartphones, heavily depends upon the number of other Wi Fi enabled devices present in the near vicinity.
The higher the number of such devices present in an area, the harder it is on a particular device’s battery when accessing the Internet. This is because the device must “stay awake” until it has waited for its turn to download a piece of information.
The new software tries to get round this problem by allowing a device to “sleep” while others are downloading data; which purportedly saves energy for not only the sleeping device but also those near by too.
Manweiler claims that the new methodology has the ability to double the battery life of any Wi-Fi equipped mobile device in certain situations.
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