TechLucia: A matter of 30 seconds or less is all it requires to get your phone fully charged. Surprising, isn't it? StoreDot, an Israeli-based tech startup has recently come up with a prototype charger which accelerates the charging rate to god-speed.
"An Israeli company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone in a few seconds and an electric car in minutes. 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. It has already shown off a prototype phone battery, and has now raised $117m which it plans to use to develop a car version."
I would like to have this.. 30 seconds is all it requires.less time, much amaze :D
Charging li-ion batteries too fast is extremely dangerous (which is the type of battery in most every mobile device out there). Li-ion batteries have safe max charging and max discharging rates, and if you go too far out of that zone the battery will become very volatile, to the point of venting with flames, or even exploding as soon as you start to use the battery. Also charging too fast will severely reduce the lifespan and capacity of the battery.
So unless they have some kind of new battery technology, I can't see this becoming a thing with li-ion batteries. It's already surprising that there isn't more incidents with mobile phone batteries exploding or venting, li-ion batteries are quite unstable if not treated/charged properly.
radioactive batteries where are you
Whatever happened to those silicon batteries which lasted for days?
It would be awesome if those words written on the post are really true and not a gimmick. Hope that this brings a revolution in technology.