Comment on New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds
baggins@beehaw.org 3 months agoThis would make charging phones, laptops, and even electric cars much more efficient and convenient.
Comment on New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds
baggins@beehaw.org 3 months agoThis would make charging phones, laptops, and even electric cars much more efficient and convenient.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Yeah but I doubt that’s actually the case based on the physics involved. We need fast charging cars way more than fast charging phones.
variants@possumpat.io 3 months ago
Email the researchers with your complaints
Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Why do you feel that the researchers are wrong about their physics research?
sonori@beehaw.org 3 months ago
The researchers who wrote the paper only mentioned possibly applying the tech to very small things like wearables and Iot applications where a large capacitor might be relevant. It’s the journalist summarizing it that makes the wild claims about phones and cars, which don’t tend to use capacitors for a bunch of reasons, not least of which is that they tend to be physically twenty times larger than a given battery of the same capacity.
If people are able to deal with batteries anywhere near that large, then I’d imagine most of them would choose twenty times the battery life/ range over being able to charge fast enough overload a wall outlet/ small power plant.
Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 months ago
More of an actual comment, good. More efficient capacitors in both speed and heat certainly helps in charging devices of all sizes. Of course it wouldn’t be charging large batteries in seconds, but that doesn’t mean no improvement.