Comment on New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds

noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Consider that the energy output of a 12-gauge shotgun is approximately 4500 Newton-meters and, from personal experience, can rotate a first-gen iPad at an extrapolated 240 rpm (extrapolated as this priced difficult to sustain). That gives us an equivalent of 113 kW! A modern ipad would only need about 13 kW to charge in one second.

  So, one shotgun shell could easily charge yours and 7 of your friends ipads instantaneously, although the results are difficult to appreciate.

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  • eveninghere@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel the Doc in Back To The Future vibe.

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    • thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Marty! It’s your children! The little bastards won’t stop playing Ska-booby toilets!

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• abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, most phones are allready safe to leave on your charger all night.

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  • Skyline969@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Been charging my phone overnight for years. Battery health is 100% and I never have to worry about charging.

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    • ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Impossible for battery health to be at 100% after years. May still be working great, but not 100%.

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      • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Battery degradation is ridiculously unpredictable. I’ve seen 100 cycle batteries at 75% and 2500 cycle batteries over 90%. I only dealt with like 5 MacBook models

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  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    probably because they currently don’t get stuffed a bucketload of crackly juice* in 60 seconds

    ^^*I ^^don’t, ^^in ^^fact, ^^know ^^how ^^electricity ^^really ^^works

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