06-09-2006, 09:52 AM
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Super Fast Recharable Batteries Coming Soon!
Those nerds at MIT have done it again..
With capacitors!
Originally Posted by Engadget
Posted Jun 9th 2006 8:00AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Storage
Check it grandpa, 'cause your 18th century inventions are set to change modern portable electronics in a big way. Those neomaxizoomdweebies over at MIT have discovered a process whereby capacitors -- those little stored energy devices knocking dim-witted TV tinkerers on their asses for decades -- can be slathered at the electrodes with nanotubes thereby increasing the surface density to store more energy. So just like a thick fuzzy towel soaks up more slop than a bedside sock, these new capacitors can be kept small and store the equivalent energy of today's chemical batteries. Why do you care? Well, the device could potentially be recharged hundreds of thousands of times and in only a matter of seconds saving you time and the environment, heartburn. Prototypes are expected within the next few months with actual product hitting the market in less than five years. Fuel cells, fool cells, bring on the capacitors!
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http://www.sciencentral.com/articles...e_id=218392803
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