Israeli Firm Says It Can Recharge Your Phone In 30 Seconds

Business Insider ^ | 11/24/2014 | ORI LEWIS AND RINAT HARASH, REUTERS

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TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An Israeli company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone in a few seconds and an electric car in minutes, advances that could transform two of the world's most dynamic consumer industries.

Using nano-technology to synthesize artificial molecules, Tel Aviv-based StoreDot says it has developed a battery that can store a much higher charge more quickly, in effect acting like a super-dense sponge to soak up power and retain it.

While the prototype is currently far too bulky for a mobile phone, the company believes it will be ready by 2016 to market a slim battery that can absorb and deliver a day's power for a smartphone in just 30 seconds.

[wrench]

They just received the patent for charging an Iphone with a microwave oven. They finally found the correct size wool sock to use.

All new microwaves will have a “charge” setting right next to the “popcorn” setting on the timer. /s

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Israeli Firm Says It Can Recharge Your Phone In 30 Seconds

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[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Those Jews. Always coming up with something useful, making the world a better place.

Israeli and Jewish are not synonymous by default.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Now, if they could just do that with a car sized battery.

An Israeli company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone in a few seconds and an electric car in minutes

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

They will look like slender vending machines. Insert credit card and you get thirty seconds of charging time for say $2.00 a pop. People will be lining up to get a quick charge - especially gum-snapping teenagers.

This new technology is not in the charger but in the battery. Charging a standard battery in 30 seconds with a new technology charger...equals fire.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

To charge an electric car in a few minutes, how many hundreds of amps will be required to do that?

From the way it sounds....exactly what the charger puts out. The battery is sponge-like. But your point is valid. If there isn't some limiting circuitry in these new batteries. If not, they'll suck whatever a charger will throw them and the charger will fry.

[smokingfrog]

The battery appears to be at least 5x the size of the phone. For a car, the battery would probably be as big as a semi truck trailer. Not very practical at this point, anyway.

http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/nov/storedot-nanotech-battery.cfm