Super Batteries Coming Soon

A good example of technology moving at a high rate of speed.

Last month's battery technology is now obsolete.

Expect a unforeseen or not yet mentioned fatal flaw or at minimal a rather large Achilles heel to follow shortly behind.

I don't think so, graphene is the real deal, cheap, plentiful, efficient, biodegradeable, lightweight....What comes next should follow closely and be even more significant, this looks like the beginning of the battery revolution.....or next step in the continuing revolution....

http://www.inquisitr.com/555843/graphene-batteries-offer-5-second-iphone-charging/

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/427140/graphene-battery-turns-ambient-heat-into-electric-current/

http://gigaom.com/2013/04/29/holy-graphene-giving-batteries-a-boost-with-graphene-and-tiny-holes/

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/graphene-hybrid-material-lithium-ion-battery-powered-vehicles

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/alternative_energy/2013/03/graphene_supercapacitors_small_cheap_energy_dense_replacements_for_batteries.html

So they are more of a super super capacitor and not so much a battery?

Would that mean they won't have the downfalls of lithium based batteries that burn up when exposed to the oxygen in air or freeze up and lose all of their capacity in sub zero F temps?

I think it will turn out to be a hybrid with the best of both worlds, fast charging, high capacity, energy dense, lightweight......We'll have to wait on the temperature range, but it does look promising, graphene itself does not seem to be effected by temperature extremes....

battery tech is beginning to remind me of processor speed back in the 80s, every month a new record and a new promise of processors everywhere for real cheap. now few people v have a clue how fast their pc is, they just care if it works.

Hmm...

...My mental jury is still out.