Science news:Battery Breakthrough Based on Graphene Charges 10x Faster

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

These flash in the pan discoveries are always woth a look, but rarely emerge as anything more than an idea due to cost, or some other manufacturing issues...

Or some big company buys the tech and sits on it so they can keep selling their inferior product...

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Or some big company buys the tech and sits on it so they can keep selling their inferior product...

Sounds a bit like big oil companies with the help of our governments. But that's a whole different discussion.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

Sounds a bit like big oil companies with the help of our governments. But that's a whole different discussion.

Yeah, definitely a different discussion. Gov't and big oil; sounds like a typical conversation where people claim it's all conspiracy theory. It does make you wonder though; if some higher power wasn't controlling these new technologies, why do we never hear any follow-up stories? Not exactly headline-worthy, but it would sure be nice to know how these new breakthroughs pan out, if nothing else but just to know. That would be a pretty decent new TV show to watch IMO - something along the lines of Mythbusters where a team goes out and finds out what happened to "tomorrow's new tech"...

[JERRY2KONE]

Or even sharing some of their work related issues so the average Joe can share some new ideas to help them move forward through whatever obstacles that might be plaguing them.

[MonsterMaxx]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Or some big company buys the tech and sits on it so they can keep selling their inferior product...

Chevron is the one who killed the electric car. They won the rights to the patent for the one battery everyone was using to power electric cars and discontinued it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV

Chevron Patent incumbrance
Main article: Patent encumbrance of large automotive NiMH batteries
Whether or not Toyota wanted to continue production, it was unlikely to be able to do so because the EV-95 battery was no longer available. Chevron had inherited control of the worldwide patent rights for the NiMH EV-95 battery when it merged with Texaco, which had purchased them from General Motors. Chevron's unit won a US$30,000,000 settlement from Toyota and Panasonic, and the production line for the large NiMH batteries was closed down and dismantled. This case was settled in the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and not publicised due to a gag order placed on all parties involved.[11][12] Only smaller NiMH batteries, incapable of powering an electric vehicle or plugging in, were allowed by Chevron-Texaco

[brijar]

I thought it said in the article or video that they were using a Lightscribe DVD burner. Maybe I'm crazy, though. Those do have lasers on the top to burn off pigments on Lightscribe DVDs. I would guess that they put the liquid solution on the DVD, let the water/carrier evaporate overnight or so, then use the Lightscribe DVD burner to burn off the oxygen in the carbon compound. But that's just a guess.