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Toshiba Battery Charges In 10 Minutes

Posted by samzenpus on from the watch-the-lights-dim dept.

Slatterz writes "Toshiba has unveiled a battery prototype that offers a 90 percent charge capacity in just 10 minutes. The Super Charge Ion Battery (SCIB) is capable of handling 5,000 to 6,000 recharge cycles, compared to the typical 500 offered by standard lithium-ion batteries. The new battery is composed of a durable material that offers a high level of thermal stability and prevents overheating."

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  1. The summary neglected to mention the fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That it's powered by fairy dust and was invented by unicorns.

  2. Fast Charge by QuadEddie · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's about how long it takes me to recharge.

  3. Re:OK, now it's a prototype... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Barack Hussein Obama: The Black Jimmy Carter

  4. Re:OK, now it's a prototype... by Reality+Master+201 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jimmy Carter was a far, far better president than George W. Bush, on every single level.

  5. Re:OK, now it's a prototype... by DougF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Really? A score of 2 for something that's A: Offtopic; and B: Completely ludicrous?

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  6. Re:OK, now it's a prototype... by swb · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's really a measure of how much Carter sucked, and it doesn't take into the years of high approval ratings for Bush. It's not that it's rosy -- clearly it is pretty much all over as we once knew it, and Bush helped. But comparing Bush to Carter really just reminds us of what a gutless fuckup Carter was and how little time it took him to mismanage everything.

    Don't get me wrong, he's a fabulous benevolent humanitarian. But he was an impossibly bad president.

  7. Re:OK, now it's a prototype... by lgw · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Many posts *start* at 2, like this one.

    And Jimmy Carter did personally arange the schedules for use of the Whitte House tennis courts by all White House staff. Clearly, in some respects, such as tennis court efficiency, Carter did a better job.

    Seriously, though, it's an interesting contrast: both presidencies had problems as a result of their management styles, but those styles were quite different. In 20+ years, when we have some idea which of Bush's ideas actually worked, and when the emotional heat about Bush has died, we might see a reasoned comparison.

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  8. Re:OK, now it's a prototype... by Kozz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I do like to point people to one of Carter's contributions:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_brewing#Liberalization:_post_1960

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