94 year old man invents new battery

[brass neck]

I've been following the developments in battery technology since the news of graphine came out. Anyway it turns out the use of graphine is a bit away yet due to mass production problems.

However, the designer of the lithium iron battery 94 year old Professor John Goodenough has designed a new concept that could make batteries practical and could make electric cars mainstream as they have longer shelf life, more power storage and quicker to charge.

Anyway. It's interesting stuff. And the professors name can be sung to the theme tune to the Goonies which makes it even more compelling!

 

[brass neck]

More technical explanation here for science geeks!

 

[aguero93:20]

Silly fucker, new batteries won't do him any good at that age, it's a whole new circuit-board he needs.

 

[brass neck]

Silly fucker, new batteries won't do him any good at that age, it's a whole new circuit-board he needs.

Nah. He just needs to be switched off then back on again from time to time. Years left in him!

 

[brass neck]

"i don't want to develop it, I don't want to go into business, I'm 94"

Give it to Elon Musk then grandad, he'll sort it in a year!! The world's needs it asap!

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise...ss-battery-accelerate-the-end-of-oil.amp.html

 

[Damocles]

This story is a few months old.

It's plausible though as always the "SCIENTISTS ARE STUMPED!" stuff is overstated.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

There are lots of competing technologies out there these days and many of them more compelling than this; all about who can build a better mousetrap given the limitations and more latterly, the price of lithium.

 

[talkativesprout]

Energy is never lost. Prayer wont work
Harness the kneeling power of muslims.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Energy is never lost. Prayer wont work
Harness the kneeling power of muslims.

Or whack a dynamo on those happy clapper cards in the Stratford End... sorted

 

[aguero93:20]

Or whack a dynamo on those happy clapper cards in the Stratford End... sorted

with a wire leading from the dynamo into a nice big block of c4 in the bogs?