[billdcon]

It’s been a while since I posted...I’d love to comment on this story, but I have an NDA on file with this company...I was involved with a project to try to adapt this technology to work at a smaller scale than what is discussed in this article. I’m not involved anymore, but I think the NDA still prevents me from discussing my opinions/experiences with this technology. A good primer on ultracapacitors can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor . One thing that is not often talked about is this...my experience (and I am not an EE) is that things that can be charged very quickly, can also discharge very quickly. Food for thought.

[Lazamataz]

I am the attorney representing EEStor. You have just violated your NDA. Prepare to hand me your b*lls.

[Gorzaloon]

One thing that is not often talked about is this...my experience (and I am not an EE) is that things that can be charged very quickly, can also discharge very quickly. Food for thought.

Including a defect in one dielectric layer failing catastrophically, starting a casacade of failures in adjacent layers, and converting a trillion Joules into heat energy and light without warning.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Charge/discharge...

you can dump charge regular battery packs right now...

[dangerdoc]

Without violating your NDA can you comment on wether this is something they just think will work or is something they have produced in a lab and they are working on mass manufacturing process?

There is another company with a theory about manufacturing rechargable aluminium batteries but have never made a prototype.

A working prototype would be very encouraging.

[Centurion2000]

It’s been a while since I posted...I’d love to comment on this story, but I have an NDA on file with this company...I was involved with a project to try to adapt this technology to work at a smaller scale than what is discussed in this article. I’m not involved anymore, but I think the NDA still prevents me from discussing my opinions/experiences with this technology. A good primer on ultracapacitors can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor . One thing that is not often talked about is this...my experience (and I am not an EE) is that things that can be charged very quickly, can also discharge very quickly. Food for thought

This would also make an excellent magazine for a laser or other energy based weapon.

[MamaTexan]

is that things that can be charged very quickly, can also discharge very quickly. Food for thought.

Good insight.

I thought using capacitor type power source was an interesting concept, but I hadn't considered that the power, once released, would still have to be regulated to prevent all the power from discharging quickly.

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I'm still keeping my fingers crossed. We've had some amazing inventions. Maybe this will turn out to be one too.

[Vision Thing]

my experience (and I am not an EE) is that things that can be charged very quickly, can also discharge very quickly. Food for thought.

I'm guessing the Admin Moderators would love to get their zots on with these things.