This one is not really a disruptive technology but boy oh boy have I ushered in 2013 with a bang!!!!!!!

http://www.echoautomotive.com/

01/08/2013 $0.75

01/28/2013 $2.12

Life is beautiful!!!!

Just be careful with this company. Am about to bail out.

Egg-cellent World-record Battery Performance

SLAC and Stanford scientists have set a world record for energy storage, using a clever “yolk-shell” design to store five times more energy in the sulfur cathode of a rechargeable lithium-ion battery than is possible with today’s commercial technology. The cathode also maintained a high level of performance after 1,000 charge/discharge cycles, paving the way for new generations of lighter, longer-lasting batteries for use in portable electronics and electric vehicles.

The research was led by Yi Cui, a Stanford associate professor of materials science and engineering and a member of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, a SLAC/Stanford joint institute. The team reported its results Jan. 8 in Nature Communications.

Lithium-ion batteries work by moving lithium ions back and forth between two electrodes, the cathode and anode. Charging the battery forces the ions and electrons into the anode, creating an electrical potential that can power a wide range of devices. Discharging the battery – using it to do work – moves the ions and electrons to the cathode.

https://www6.slac.stanfo...3-01-08-sulfer-yolk.aspx

@smallfama and jonna - you just brought possible solutions to problems we were discussing with smartphones,batteries.I can't remember the name of the Chinese billionaire but he's making money from making batteries from selling phone batteries.

Anyone informed on solar. I want to know why they are having problems converting solar into energy.This is one of the most important technologies of our times.

Haha...think about it