Gadgehit writes: "Researchers at the University of Michigan have figured out a method of putting phones into a new sleep mode that could increase battery life by up to 54 percent. The “subconcious mode” concept as they call it, uses a new method called E-MiLi, which stands for Energy-Minimizing Idle Listening."
I honestly thought that this was pretty much what happened anyway, little did I know, smartphone makers are idiots and don't think things through.
Kinda like the idea, to be honest.
This is very clever, so hopefully it will make it into future devices as it would help fix the main problem smartphones have... short batterylife.
Google, shove it in your android OS asap!