New type of battery will make ALL old batteries obsolete.

[Karmashock]

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7081
http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/99997081F1.JPG

Can charge in as little as 6 minutes and can discharge 3 times the power of today's batteries.

The boys in nevada should take a bow... this thing rules.

[The Dark Messenger]

Hm, wouldn't it run out faster?

Good to see they're still advancing these things :)

[JADezimar]

Nah article says a regular rechargeable is around 2k if I remember right. And one of these can go around 20k times. Now that is what I remember reading from a few days ago. I think its right but dont quote me =x.

[The Fell Hand]

sweet

[Shackled Phoenix]

No i think he meant wouldn't it discharge faster, not would it wear out faster.

Yeah, but it's really not all that big of a problem Lithium Ion batteries have grown veeeerrrrryyyy long charge lives now, they just aren't able to provide a large enough power flow. that's what the new batteries will do. Plus the new design does add some life to the batteries charge.

besides... 6 minutes for full recharge? w00t!

[JADezimar]

Ya something like 20 hours. This is incredible. They will probably be expensive but easily make up for there costs with quality and saving your time.

[The Dark Messenger]

And how often would they need to be replaced? =/

There's gotta be a catch other than the cost.

EDIT: I'm an idiot, I just read the article ;)

[Shackled Phoenix]

Dark the average batter nowadays recharges 1000-2000 times

these ones will supposedly charge 20,000 times.

As long as they aren't more than 10x the cost... sounds worth it to meh.

[Tank0]

that new battery will not only change mobile phones but think of medical devices like pacemakers and such .


looks like my son will have mobile phones in a few years that you only have to charge twice a year .

[Lt_Omega]

that new battery will not only change mobile phones but think of medical devices like pacemakers and such .

Another most likely application scenario that would justify a high price would be Note Books and... dare I say it, stun guns.

[Karmashock]

dare I say it, stun guns.
yeah... 3 times the discharge and charges 10,000 times faster... *evil laugh that goes on for way way way too long*

[Polaris]

that's f'n awesome
i hope they can retrofit laptops with em

[Karmashock]

why would they? these things won't be out for a few years... at which point you hsould have a new laptop.

[Polaris]

[sigh]
you'd hope these things would hit the market earlier

[elliot/obee1]

thats awesome i have at least 10 things that have batteries that last for like 2 hours lol

[Karmashock]

they should be in everything as soon as the factory machinery is built.

hey, this might make electric cars worth a damn.... I mean... if you could charge up your electric car in 6 minutes... then it would be possible to do that at a fill station... the 6 hour wait on the old ones is just too long.

[Lt_Omega]

I would vote for research on electric buses rather than cars though.

I wouldn't want to buy a car that doesn't go faster than one I already have.

I also wouldn't mind electric buses knowing that its safer for the environment a favor and that the driver isn't ever gonna have a chance to overspeed and add to chaotic traffic conditions (ever been in those scenarios, i go through them on a daily basis.)

Busses all go to a bus station. One recharge outlet would be able to serve many busses that run along a regular route. I just seem to think electric vehicles would be best used in mass transport systems rather than for personal transport. Governments with tighter environment standards would find the benefits a boon and would be able to field the high initial costs of implementation that comes along with every new, initially non-conventional technology.

Another likely scenario can also be electric vehicles going the way of rail trams and electric trains. Very efficent, and practical yet used in only a few countries/cities.