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STUDENT INVENTS A WAY TO FULLY CHARGE A PHONE BATTERY IN ONE MINUTE

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You know the scenario. Youre getting ready to head out for a night on the town. Everything, for once, is going perfectly according to plan. You whip out your phone to let friends know youre heading out, and thats when you realize: whoops, forgot to charge the phone.
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Inevitably, youll probably throw it on the charger for as many minutes as you can afford before heading out, but settle on the idea that you will be incommunicado during the latter portion of the night. That is, unless teenage innovator Eesha Khares creation sees the light of day. As told by SlashGear, the 18-year-old developed a means of fully charging a cellphone battery in count em as little as 30 seconds.
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The soon-to-be Harvard student entered her innovation into this years Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, in which she was named one of three winners, earning her a cash prize of $50,000. The technology that she created may even help power electric cars. Its so sophisticated that, despite keeping tight lips on the ordeal, Khare has been approached by Google, which has shown some serious interest.
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As of now, Khare says she plans to use her prize money to help fund her education at Harvard, where she hopes to continue researching her project. But she currently has no plans to sell her technology, though it seems like she is keeping her options open.
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As presented at the science fair, her creation charges an LED, but she says that it is flexible. It can easily adapt so that it can be used in flexible displays and even in fabric. Right now, it can hold 10,000 recharging cycles, which is far better from the standard rechargeable battery, which can only withstand around 1,000.
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Were eager to see the day that we can plug our phones in (or just rest them on a wireless charging dock), and less than a minute later, be good to head out the door, worry-free.

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jesterking 57 days ago So shes using electrical double-layer capacitors As I have said in the past. Batteries are not the future. Capacitors are. While EDLCs have features similar to Chemical Batteries, the differences are drastic. I wonder which EDLC design she was using The sad thing about her project is Its nothing new, and its not feasible in everyday devices. As the size of an EDLC would need to be about 100 times larger than that of a conventional battery. She got excited that she could light an LED which takes very little energy needed. If they just solve that size problem, wed have it made. Capacitors people. Its the future. Stop thinking about Lithium Ion Batteries.

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Dan Gaul 57 days ago In reply to jesterking Graphene supercapacitors are where its at: http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/graphene-supercapacitor-cells-how-pencil-lead-and-dvdburner-will-change-world

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Hagbard Celine 57 days ago This is only even vaguely impressive because shes in high school. Graphene supercapacitors are insanely simple to manufacture (you can even get simple instructions on Youtube), and shes made no significant innovation to the technology here. Its an exciting technology largely because it is so simple, and since this bright young girl has essentially repackaged what UCLA grad student Maher El-Kady already discovered (she even used the same testing precess with the LED), Im finding it hard to be impressed.

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Erwin Kurniawan 57 days ago I wonder if a laptop battery can be charged in one minute

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jesterking 56 days ago In reply to Erwin Kurniawan battery? Nope.

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Brennan Babb 57 days ago I call bull shit.

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Nik Bebic 57 days ago Does it give you cancer?

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Sidney Blanton 56 days ago In reply to Nik Bebic only if you ask real nicely

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Xander Luciano 57 days ago Well, technically a teacher had done the research for this a year or so back and she just simply adapted it into a more practical application. Im not against it, Im just stating that the title is a little misleading.

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Cheryl David-Bailey 57 days ago Please send one to me

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Henry Huang 57 days ago the future is here

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Rasha Ramadan 57 days ago Amazing!!! super proud of her =)

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Vernon Furniss 57 days ago Cha Ching !!!

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Jessica Trau 57 days ago She needs to sell that so I can get that sweet cell phone charging, or she needs to give it away to the people!!

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Xander Luciano 57 days ago True, but so far there is no large scale improvement. Li-Ion can hold more. No to mention if you arc a super capacitor how screwed you would be. Dropping your phone in water would be a lot worse. Batteries would need to be charged more often most likely, but I suppose a couple 10 minute charges might be better than 1 2 hour charge. If you scale this up you would either need more charging time or a LOT more power. LEDs draw a lot less power than a phone.

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