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RudynJack

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34. Customers would still need chargers.

Reply to Hugabear (Reply #32)

Mon May 20, 2013, 06:52 PM

May 2013

And larger batteries would still be attractive.

Charging your phone in 30 seconds would be infinitely more valuable to customers, and they'd pay a premium for it.

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18-year-old’s breakthrough invention can recharge phones in seconds [View all] Tx4obama May 2013 OP

Does she own the rights to it? NCLefty May 2013 #1

She should patent it ASAP and sue hell out of anyone Triana May 2013 #5

She'd get her ass sued off if she tried. Xithras May 2013 #29

Incredible! Whisp May 2013 #2

K&R Sherman A1 May 2013 #3

That's about how long it takes to fill a gas tank in a car Xipe Totec May 2013 #4

I was thinking the same thing MurrayDelph May 2013 #7

and she came in second! d_r May 2013 #6

That is what's amazing NewJeffCT May 2013 #36

Eesha Khare~ sheshe2 May 2013 #8

Man I wish I could come up with some cool invention like that! Initech May 2013 #9

No. MannyGoldstein May 2013 #10

Sounds fishy to me also... Logical May 2013 #12

Not fishy but unlikely to be worthy of front page kristopher May 2013 #17

Killjoy! oldhippie May 2013 #16

Unicorns are real... progressoid May 2013 #20

Hope she got a patent, Exxon Mobil is going to try to get hold of it and lock it up in their safe... W T F May 2013 #11

Why would they care? The phone will eat the same amount/cost of energy regardless. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #19

Because it could be scaled up to charge electric cars KamaAina May 2013 #30

Too bad we'll never see it Hugabear May 2013 #13

Yeah, like tires that don't go flat. Been waiting decades for that. nt valerief May 2013 #26

Why? RudynJack May 2013 #31

Cell phone companies selling extra batteries and chargers Hugabear May 2013 #32

Customers would still need chargers. RudynJack May 2013 #34

How long before it's purchased from her and shelved forever? silvershadow May 2013 #14

Before everyone gets too excited jeff47 May 2013 #15

Jeeezzz, another killjoy ..... oldhippie May 2013 #18

I would assume the capacitor would store the charging voltage bhikkhu May 2013 #21

That's what I was thinking as well. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #22

The article is pretty vague. Obviously capacitors can charge quickly. That's what they do. BlueStreak May 2013 #27

There's also a safety of use issue jmowreader May 2013 #23

thats not much of a breakthrough sodom May 2013 #24

Except that the laws of physics still apply. Heywood J May 2013 #25

replies in this thread crack me up "The Man is going to Stomp Her Down!" snooper2 May 2013 #28

Why are we still getting crappy gas mileage? Hugabear May 2013 #33

tryed to get to the bottom of this story olddots May 2013 #35

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