Battery recharge in 5 minutes

[krissel]

Now we just need it in consumer electronics.


http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/19887/?nlid=746


And here's an easy way to recharge:

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/1...lid=749&a=f

[Xairbusdriver]

Have to agree with one of the skeptics, energy is energy and transferring it quickly usually means heat!

[Gregg]

5 minutes! It took several hours to recharge my new digital camera's batteries, fresh out of the package from Best Buy! Then, when I put them in, the camera didn't like them. There was a "change batteries" message on the screen, which I first thought said "charge batteries". So, I pulled them out, switched places ("flipping" them around, of course) and it worked!

[Xairbusdriver]

Sometimes holding the camera with the other hand helps...