Close X
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
ADVT 
Tech

Dead battery gets charged in two minutes!

Darpan News Desk IANS, 19 Oct, 2014 07:56 AM
    Imagine a dead smartphone battery getting charged up to 70 percent in flat two minutes?
     
    By using a common ingredient found in sunscreen, researchers from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a smart battery that uses a gel-based material to speed up the charging process.
     
    To do so, researchers replaced graphite in the battery's anode with a gel made from titanium dioxide - a cheap ingredient found in sunscreen.
     
    The substance speeds up the chemical reactions in the battery, the Huffington Post reported.
     
    The battery can be recharged 10,000 times. It can last nearly 20 years before it needs to be replaced.
     
    The new batteries could enter the market within two years, researchers added.

    MORE Tech ARTICLES

    Google announces Android Lollipop, other new products

    Google announces Android Lollipop, other new products
    Google has announced that its new Android operating system, Lollipop, is set for release Friday, and also presented new models of Nexus products to compete with Apple...

    Google announces Android Lollipop, other new products

    New optical device to help find Earth-like planets

    New optical device to help find Earth-like planets
    "We are building a telescope that will let us see the Sun the way we would see other stars," said David Phillips, staff scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.....

    New optical device to help find Earth-like planets

    Want to Know How to Make $500,000 a year on Twitter? Read This

    Want to Know How to Make $500,000 a year on Twitter? Read This
    By just tweeting out facts to his seven million-plus followers, a 23-year-old youngster here is making $500,000 a year.

    Want to Know How to Make $500,000 a year on Twitter? Read This

    User history to make websites more interactive

    User history to make websites more interactive
    Small cues that display a user's transaction history may help a website feel almost as interactive as chatting with an online customer service agent, paving the way...

    User history to make websites more interactive

    '3D printing 'technology of the future'

    '3D printing 'technology of the future'
    Three-dimensional printing, sensors, the cloud and personalisation are "the future in technology," according to Amar Hanspal, vice president of the San Rafael, California-based Autodesk manufacturing company.

    '3D printing 'technology of the future'

    Control your smartphone with hand gestures

    Control your smartphone with hand gestures
    With a new app developed by Swiss researchers, users can now control their smartphones with gestures resembling sign language....

    Control your smartphone with hand gestures