MIT boffins building better batteries

"The material is not new, but the way in which the lithium ions travel through the battery's microscopic tunnels has been greatly improved. "

Breaking News: Battery explodes and evaporates MIT research lab...

Boffin, unlike standard Lithium Ion batteries like you might find in laptop or a RC car, lithium ion phosphate batteries were developed to be a safe alternative to standard Lithum Ion batteries and resist thermal runaway (i.e. They don't exploded), they are much safer and are primarily used in electric vichicles.

The conclusion of your article is simple: this guy just improved something that already existed before. And many other researchers will improve the product further. There is nothing wrong with that. What bothers me is that The Inquirer and other media outlets act as megaphone for the MIT propaganda machine.

Next time, see if there are similar developments going on in the UK or EU, report about those activities, and then mention MIT in the middle of the article, in a subordinate clause.

ok, fair enough..

But when they hire Gordon and give him a hazard suit...

Actually, I've heard of this tech almost a year ago. It's based off of nano technology.

The capacity of the battery is much improved as well, previously at this capacity there were problems with the lithium swelling when it took a charge, the nano-structure increases the amount of 'void' providing room for expansion without changing the dimensions of the entire battery itself.

Interesting stuff, wouldn't be a bad tech to invest in.

Boffin I loved your comment it was great for a laugh. I get this mental image of all the scientists jumping up and down happily "we did it! we did it!" followed quickly by an external wide shot of the facility going up in a mushroom cloud. Classic.

It's not lithium ion, lithium ion polymer nor lithium ion phosphate.

It's lithium *iron* phosphate. And it's not explosive.

So what your saying is: It doesn't blow up, but rather shorts out emitting a brilliant white light as it begins burning its way towards the core of the earth?

So, Thats what the light at the centre of the earth is.

Just be sure to keep it off your lap and you'll probably be fine.

fagz