Better Li-Ion Battery tech 3-5 years

[420board]

Just thought I'd share this piece of news which I found awesome, especially with all these high powered devices coming out. This new Li-Ion battery can last up to a week and charge in 15 minutes according to the article. It also gives a great explanation of how our batteries are working! So in other words, just go read it.

Better Batteries : Northwestern University Newscenter

 

[Cyber Warrior]

I was actually reading about this yesterday... good article. Its great that they're finally working on improving battery technology. With all of these gadgets getting more and more powerful, the batteries we have now can't keep up.

 

[420board]

this has been one of the hardest technologies for us to master if you look at everything (electric cars, electricity storage and distribution, etc). it will be nice to see if this really ends up working out long term.