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Toshiba's One-Minute-Recharge Li-ion Batteries

Posted by timothy on from the zap-zap-zap dept.

TheGuano writes "No idea if this is related to Altair's six-minute-charge Li-ions,, but Toshiba has just announced a similar Li-ion that recharges to 80% capacity in one minute, while losing only 1% total capacity after 1000 cycles. It's set to debut in 2006 for use in hybrid cars (my current Toshiba Satellite doesn't get very far on battery power, but it's a beautiful shade of blue), but 'should' make its way to other, hopefully smaller devices eventually."

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  1. Nice but... by klatty · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting out for wireless power :-D

  2. I'm a beta tester... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok...I just charged these things for exactly one minute. Everything is working fine so fariweofaidfoiafoaif

  3. Re:sigh heard round the world by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    women sigh round the world heavily, while dreaming of AA size waterproof versions.

    Huh why?

    Oh wait a minute... you mean when they get caught out in the rain.. don't you?

  4. Mine's better by KFK+-+Wildcat · · Score: 5, Funny
    it's a beautiful shade of blue
    Heh, mine's better; it's painted with a super intelligent shade of blue.
  5. Re:Perpetual motion machine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey - go easy. It's his first day at the patent office.

  6. Re:chewbacca's flux capacitor by smithmc · · Score: 5, Funny

    thats roughly 445 horse-power-hours = 336 kilowatt hours or 1.21 gigajoules. if you push in this much energy in say ten minutes that requires a 2 megawatt power source.

    And if you could push that much energy in one second, it'd be 1.21 gigawatts!!

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  7. Re:Ah... but, here's the catch: by yincrash · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually that would be a very usefull ability if in fact it could discharge 80% of its capacity in a minute, for that would lead to a awesome power-density.

    ah yes. we call them capicitors. what a crazy hitech world this is!