John B. Goodenough Has Died: Nobel-Winning Inventor of the Lithium-Ion Battery

That's sad to hear. I have just recently gotten into playing with electronic components and trying to program them (my background is just straight applications).

It was so cool to see my programming actually change something in the physical world and I used one of these batteries to do that. It blows my mind how complex all that stuff is and truly makes you realize all the contributions people have had to make in order for you to turn a little servo motor in your living room.

Why do we need these X people died newsbits? So people could play their fake, look how much I care, rounds about given person and somehow monetize their passing?

Sad to see. He was quite active still even in his more advanced age.