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"It always happens when you need it the most: the battery of you cellphone just died. But now, researchers of the University of Rochester have developed a wireless chip that needs ten times less power..."

Ok, but that still doesn't solve the "I need my phone now but I was too lazy to charge it last night" problem. So what, this chip can run from a dead battery? No.

It really doesn't matter how much power the phone uses... the fact is that it still uses power. Consuming power from a limited source means that it will reach a point when the battery is depleted, except now it just takes 10 days longer than before.

Murphy says, you will still be inconvenienced.