Thursday, September 24, 2009

Incredible Battery Breakthrough, Or Too Good To Be True?

I'm a cynic, which keeps me from being unpleasantly surprised when great advances turn out to be con jobs. But I'm passing on this report from Ecogeek about new

"power storage devices" (not technically batteries, more like peculiar capacitors) that can hold 10x more power than advanced lithium ion cells. These "electrical energy storage units" will be lighter than the most advanced batteries in the world, can charge in minutes and will last forever.

Ecogeek thinks it sounds too good to be true, but the company evidently has garnered backing from some pretty astute investors, so they're taking a wait and see attitude. If you want to see it to judge for yourself, try going here.

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