2 am thoughts on my ci
My cochlear implant battery can last 18 hours on maximum. To this day, I still take it for granted how incredible that is. In my primary school days, I have to change the battery twice in a day. Changing the battery isn't as bad as you might think, you just have to take the device off, twist the battery, and replace it. I never complained much about it. It's just how I've been living I guess. I enjoyed being able to raise my hand to the teacher during the middle of class and be excused going to the locker to change the batteries. Only downside is I would have moments of clumsiness. I have a battery that looked like it was falling apart because I dropped it too many times (I used tapes to keep it all together). Ever since I switched processors, that became a relic of the past.
This is the kind of technology advancement that we should be seeking. Not some stupid flying cars that we all don't care.
Anyways, I'm basically reminded me that I am truly dependent on the electricity. If I were to be in a zombie apocalypse and all the power generators shut down, I have only 18 hours to survive while hearing. (There's only a finite amount of replaceable batteries). Sorry for that stupid example but my point is my individual consumption of electricity is probably slightly higher than the average person who only needs to charge their phone and laptop every night. I wonder if there is an economics research about it.
Is that really a problem? Not exactly. I'll probably never have to worry about the aforementioned but in a tiny, tiny, tiny possibility of an accident, I'm probably screwed (We all are probably).