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Lithium-ion Battery Recharges in seconds, thanks to MIT
MIT’s team headed by Gerbrand Ceder has developed aninnovative technique that could immensely reduce the Lithium-ion battery charging times from hours to mere seconds. Their Eureka movement comes with the coating of lithium phosphate that is applied to an existing battery. The coating works in a way which attracts ions faster to the tunnels leading [...]
MIT’s shows off Minority Report style Sixth Sense gadget (Updated w/Video)
UPDATE:Couple of videos have been added below. [via Wired]
Researchers at MIT have invented a great piece of gadget that can perform actions by simply using hand gestures. The Sixth Sense was shown at the TED 2009 which has been created out of commercially available products. The components used were a web camera, battery powered [...]