New Electrode Lets Batteries Charge In 10 Seconds 348
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from the greased-electricity dept.
from the greased-electricity dept.
Al writes "A new lithium-ion electrode allows batteries to be charged and discharged in 10 seconds flat. Developed by Gerbrand Ceder, a professor of materials science at MIT, it could be particularly useful where rapid power bursts are needed, such as for hybrid cars, but also for portable electronic devices. In testing, batteries incorporating the electrodes discharged in just 10 seconds. In comparison, the best high-power lithium-ion batteries today discharge in a minute and a half, and conventional lithium-ion batteries, such as those found in laptops, can take hours to discharge. The new high rate electrode, the researchers calculate, would allow a one-liter battery based on the material to deliver 25,000 watts, or enough power for about 20 vacuum cleaners."
20 vacuum cleaners... (Score:5, Funny)
...how many libraries of congress per square inch is that, again?
20 vacuum cleaners for 10 seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
Portable Nuclear Device... (Score:4, Funny)
> deliver 25,000 watts, or enough power for about 20 vacuum cleaners."
What could possibly go wrong with that!!??
Good for cars? (Score:5, Funny)
Great, by the time I have backed out of the driveway I'll need to recharge it.
That would suck (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Portable Nuclear Device... (Score:2, Funny)
> deliver 25,000 watts, or enough power for about 20 vacuum cleaners."
What could possibly go wrong with that!!??
We could be attacked by an army of rebel housewives.
Boom!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Or is this the Sony method of rapid discharge?
c'mon, boys (Score:5, Funny)
a page of comments and no one has yet said:
"10 seconds? the average /. geek discharges faster than that"
sigh.
Armageddon (Score:5, Funny)
My laptop was better (Score:5, Funny)
Re:charging (Score:5, Funny)
All you need is a wall socket that can deliver 25,000W!
Note to self: pick up some 100A fuses on the way home.
Re:c'mon, boys (Score:5, Funny)
That's because in order to prove the conclusion, they'd have to have done the experiment......
Re:fast enough for a (Score:5, Funny)
I thought of writing I disclaimer saying as much, but my submit button discharged too fast.
Re:fast enough for a (Score:5, Funny)
You know they have drugs for that. The blue pill and all.
Star Trek inches closer (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone else notice this from the article?
Wouldn't it be something if someone trademarks this use of lithium diphosphate on targeted crystal faces as, oh, I dunno, dilithium crystals?
First, transparent aluminum, [wikipedia.org] and now this!
Re:fast enough for a (Score:3, Funny)
I prefer to see how deep the rabbit hole goes!
Wrong analogy... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:20 vacuum cleaners... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:20 vacuum cleaners... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:charging (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Portable Nuclear Device... (Score:3, Funny)
I think secretly I want it to be true....no wait, not secretly, I just want that EMP to happen
After spending way too many hours in a datacenter today (which, incidentally sounds about like 10000 vacuum cleaners), I could care less about escaping kids, but if an EMP could put an end to the buzzing in my head, I'd strongly consider it.
Re:20 vacuum cleaners... (Score:4, Funny)
"My God, it'll be beautiful!"
Re:fast enough for a (Score:2, Funny)
so thats what the kids call it these days
Re:fast enough for a (Score:2, Funny)
Apparently, the "Bunny Trail" is a symbolic representation of one's latent homosexual desires. It's quite an interesting read!
Is there a moderation for +1 Too Much Informative?