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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…

Researchers reveal flexible, stretchable lithium-ion battery

Researchers reveal flexible, stretchable lithium-ion battery
  • Posted February 27, 2013, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Researchers have announced the development of a stretchable lithium-ion battery that could have countless industry applications, especially with the rising interest in flexible electronics and the constant advancement of medical tech. By using a process they call "ordered unraveling,"...

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…

Breakthrough could bring tenfold increase in battery life

Breakthrough could bring tenfold increase in battery life
  • Posted November 16, 2011, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, Hardware Breaking News
  • Although the autonomy of mobile computing devices has improved in the last decade, the gains are mostly through advancements in microprocessor and display technologies. Batteries themselves have remained largely unchanged in recent years, but a team of engineers at Northwestern…

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