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Porous electrode batteries 2000x more powerful, charge 1000x faster, 30x smaller

Porous electrode batteries 2000x more powerful, charge 1000x faster, 30x smaller
  • Posted April 18, 2013, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • University of Illinois researchers have uncovered a way to design batteries that are thousands of times more powerful, 30 times smaller and charge 1000 times faster than current offerings. If what the research team claims is true, the next generation…

New algorithms could allow lithium-ion batteries to charge twice as fast

New algorithms could allow lithium-ion batteries to charge twice as fast
  • Posted October 5, 2012, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • A new take on battery technology could mean that we’ll soon be able to charge our device batteries twice as fast as what’s possible today. Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new charging algorithm that…

Genetically-engineered viruses may power devices of the future

Genetically-engineered viruses may power devices of the future
  • Posted May 14, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News With Video
  • Riding along a fine line between modern day technology and creepy science fiction, Department of Energy researchers unveiled a device which generates energy by harnessing the electro-mechanical properties of genetically-engineered viruses. The nanotechnology-based power generator leverages piezoelectric principles, an old concept…

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