Battery recharges in 60 seconds

PURVEYOR of electronic small trifles, Toshiba, said that its boffins have come up with a battery that recharges itself in just over a minute.

The light and thin prototype recharges 80 per cent of its capacity in just a minute and will make long recharge times a thing of the past, the company gushed in a statement.

This is about 60 times faster than lithium-ion batteries and 240 times faster than the battery in my laptop.

According to Techwack, it also lasts a bit longer, losing about one percent of capacity after 1000 cycles of discharging and recharging. If you are planning to take your laptop to the Artic Circle, it can operate at temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius. This is always handy for those seal clubbing hunts, if you can type with thick gloves on.

The batteries will hit the shops in 2006 and maybe end up as a power source for hybrid gasoline-electric cars as an alternative to pushing them. Read more about this, here. µ