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Recharge Batteries in 30 Secs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-believe-it-when-i-see-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NEC has developed organic radical batteries which are recharged in 30 seconds. Good news, they won't (probably) cost more than the current NIMH batteries." Why is it that I'm not holding my breath to have this technology in a laptop?

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  1. Moore's Law? by coulbc · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, 7.5 seconds in 18 months?

  2. Bad News . . . by StefanJ · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . they're only available in "A" and "B" cells.

    Stefan

  3. "NEC has developed organic radical batteries" by laetus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somehow I get a picture in my mind of Japanese engineers studying how Berkeley hippies have the energy for university classes AND for protesting every cause under the sun. :)

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  4. Good vs Bad by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny
    Good news, they won't (probably) cost more than the current NIMH batteries.

    The bad news is that they start to pulsate gamma radiation, require the sacrifice of an unborn child conceived during a full moon and each recharged battery causes an angel to lose his or her wings.

    Please, think of the angels!

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  5. fast discharge too... by Polo · · Score: 5, Funny

    So fast discharge is allowed as well...

    At first, I thought of quick-charging camera flashes. Maybe even video with flashes? But then I started thinking about railguns and emp devices...

  6. Re:bunny? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully longer than the attention span of morons who can't read entire articles.

  7. Because... by Trolling4Dollars · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why is it that I'm not holding my breath to have this technology in a laptop?

    Because carrying around a human being in a por with life sustaining fluids being pumped in through tubules and feeding a fake virtual world to imprint on his consciousness until he realizes that he's not living in the real world after taking the right pill is just not as portable as today's batteries. ;P

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  8. This would be... by vsack · · Score: 5, Funny

    A good compliment to my current laptop battery which, at 3 years of age, discharges in under 30 seconds.

  9. Re:perhaps you assume too much by bobbozzo · · Score: 5, Funny
    if it was electricity, wouldn't the creation of a recharger be trivial?

    Unless it needs liquid helium cooling! :p

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