04-03-2004, 06:00 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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NEC � 30 Second Battery Charge Fast Enough for You?
Every have those days when you need to get out in a hurry, but then realise that your PPC is at 10% power and your digital camera batteries are so low that the low power LED warning won�t even blink? Well then, this is for you. Mobilemag report that �NEC has developed a battery that is capable of being fully recharged in only 30 seconds. The organic radical battery can be charged to a similar level of power as nickel-hydrogen cells for portable MD players, digital cameras and other electronic devices.� They reckon the price should not be too much higher either, which is nice.
�NEC will first roll out the battery as a commercial computer emergency power source, later we will see hybrid gasoline/electric motors for cars, cell phones and just about anything else you would use a battery with.� So there you go then - everything else you would use a battery with. Fancy that! :wink:
Recharging in 30 seconds is quite a feat, but I wish they would make a breakthrough in the power to weight ratio first. :? Moore's law holds true for many things in IT, but battery power potential is not one of them. We�ve only really got fuel cells to look forward to and even then, it�s not clear just what increase we can expect from them. Oh well, this is progress of sorts I suppose. So � would a 30 second recharge time make much difference in your lives? :?:
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