ColinOne of the guys who brought you the lithium-ion battery has led a team that's come up with a much better battery - no explosions, charging times in minutes:
https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/28/goodenough-introduces-new-battery-technology
Rich Larson@colin_howells This is potentially huge. Goodenough is the real deal and if his team developed it there's a lot of weight to the efficacy of their findings.
@richarddlarson Yeah, the weird thing I hadn't seen coverage of it before the NYT did their 'old people can invent things too' thinkpiece a day or so ago. This seems like immense news to me
@richarddlarson *weird thing WAS I hadn't seen