Filed under: Laptops, Peripherals

Imagine this — you, sitting in a dingy airport terminal waiting on your flight with a lifeless laptop and just 10 minutes to spare. You’ve got oodles of spreadsheet work to do before 8:00AM tomorrow, and unless you get it done on this flight, you’re fubared. Toshiba is looking to make said scenario seem like one that’s not so grim, as its prototype SCIB (Super Charge Ion Battery) purportedly has the potential to get 90% full in just 10 minutes. The battery was unveiled at CEATEC 2008 in Japan, though little was known about its eventual availability. Shame development cycles can’t be fast tracked in a similar manner, huh?

[Via UberReview]

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Filed under: Transportation

Well, would you have a look at that. That, dear friends, is Lightning’s immaculate GT — a £120,000 ($239,400) motorcar that is just one of two vehicles in the world to rely on lithium-titanate battery technology. Said innovation enables the vehicle to go from dead to fully charged in “just minutes,” though you will have to find a location that provides three-phase industrial power in order to see the benefits over traditional Li-ion cells. The firm’s Chris Dell asserts that the nearly exclusive quick charge tech more than justifies the exorbitant price tag, and he’s even looking to UK-based businesses to hopefully strike a deal in which motorists can swing by, juice up and be on their way while traveling. Anxious to take delivery? Looks like you’ll be waiting until sometime next year.

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