New Battery charges in two minutes, lasts 20 years

[Beanz]

Not only that but it is not toxic like current batteries and will not therefore require special disposal methods. Could revolutionize things. Electric cars etc will become much more viable and technology generally will be transformed

http://www.newsweek.com/new-battery-...0-years-277398

it's all about the Gel

Titanium dioxide to cut Li-ion battery charging times to minutes - E & T Magazine

[pacfan]

I was watching something like 5 gadgets ahead of their time on youtube and I think this might qualify as one, though I'm not sure if they're called gadgets, with the chargers, maybe. But the capacity of batteries has been sort of holy grail of science, not much different from the originals invented about century back. Now if they can increase the capacity, that'll be the day and that will make solar energy more practical. Saving sun energy at daytime, storing 'em for nighttime usage, hmmm, that'll be great...