Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge

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Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 23, 2005 @01:30AM from the i'll-believe-it-when-i-see-it dept.

Battery Nut writes "Altair Nanotechnologies claims to have found a way to reduce Li-Ion recharge time to minutes, as well as increase battery power by 300%, according to this press release. Seems they have received some good feedback by certain experts about thier work: "Two eminent experts in battery technology, Dr. K. M. Abraham and Dr. Vassilis G. Keramidas, have expressed strong support for Altair's work. " So is it a new revolution in battery technology, or hopeful hype? Stay tuned, their quarterly conference call is Thursday Feb 24th at 11AM." Anyone else think snake oil?

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Re:Seems about due by GROOFY · 2005-02-23 01:39 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Slashdot - Yesterday's news. Stuff that mattered."

That's why.
Anyone Else Think Slashdot Editors Fail Grammer? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 01:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Anyone else think snake oil?"

Can we please communicate in english please? This appears to be in a language that is like english but misses the key parts that let you understand the meaning of the sentence?

Is that really too much to ask?
Slashdoted already.... by andreweb · 2005-02-23 01:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Waiting for mirrors....
Re:Laptops and Electric Cars by odyrithm · 2005-02-23 01:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Just think.... my iBook and Powerbook laptops last much longer on a fresh battery than a comparably equipped Intel Mobile Pentium based laptop or even more energy conservative chips...

Yes because Intel based laptop manufacturers would never think to use this tech in there laptops. Mac users are so much more intelligent than PC users and this proves it once and for all!

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Re:Snakeoil? by Emperor+Igor · 2005-02-23 02:00 · Score: 1, Offtopic

But, cap'n, she can't take no more!
Re:Power or charge? by Peldor · 2005-02-23 02:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Erg, that was a bad pun.
Re:Genetic Experiments? by northcat · 2005-02-23 02:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Super-Lion? +3 Interesting? Who modded parent? It was supposed to be funny.
Who ya gonna call by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2005-02-23 02:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Script Kiddie: 1 0w|\|z j00 b100t00th r|_|lZ
Nerd Vigilante: you think so huh?
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Maybe now you'll never *Hack* a guy with a positron collider, huh?
Snake Oil? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 02:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Right. So the Slashdot editors think this might be snake oil, but the story about the sticker that was supposed to increase mobile phone battery life didn't set any alarm bells ringing?

Pathetic.

Incidentally, is Slashdot ever going to post a correction to that ridiculous story? Or more to the point, an apology to its readers? I think we all know the answer.
Re:Anyone Else Think Slashdot Editors Fail Grammer by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 02:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

There is a subject, predicate and object. What more do you want?
Re:Seems about due by biglig2 · 2005-02-23 02:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A real editor? You're new here, aren't you?

(Sorry folks, I can never resist this one!)

Back on-topic, it is of course reasonable to be sceptical until more info is available, perhaps even more so when it's something this important. Batteries are the main hold-outs still resisting Moore's law, and as such any advances are very important.

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Re:Anyone Else Think Slashdot Editors Fail Grammer by ledow · 2005-02-23 02:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Grammer? Surely you mean grammar? And also, only put question marks on sentences that are questions. If you're gonna be picky about other people, take the time to get it right yourself.
Re:No, it's the ISD that will get them, by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 02:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Instantanious Spontanious Discharge ... I've seen a video of a test with a lab rat

Please post the URL. We need it for .. for research, yeah.
Re:Genetic Experiments? by Gridpoet · 2005-02-23 02:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Dude...hello??
Its a LIGER! Everyone knows that!

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*3 minuites later* by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 02:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

er.
This may help. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 02:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Anyone else think, "snake oil?"?

There, that should fix it. Of course, I think you meant:

Did anyone else think, "snake oil?"?
Re:Electric Cars? by pklong · 2005-02-23 02:40 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Mmmmm 11KV in a Petrol station. Mmmmm big arc's. Mmmmm big fireworks.

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Me by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 02:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I have the sexual endurance of a musk-ox.
Re:Snakeoil? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 04:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

But what if the fuse doesn't work?

Then you're still left with an exploding battery. Then what?