Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoDonut Lab's miracle battery found to be a fraud, investigation claimsinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down12
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minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 hours agoThe running theory I had seen was that they were licensing out someone else’s tech, and then claiming it as their own. And now this article shows that to be more true than I had thought. Meanwhile, there’s a company out of Taiwan doing this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQFVIs4leig The guy cuts a cell in half with a pair of scissors, and as soon as the scissors are pulled away the little LED light comes back on.
minus-squareDon't forget to stay hydrated.🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoThese seem like ones tested by GreatScott 7 years ago: https://youtu.be/kJXRyWQgOY4
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoSame company, their newest cells are based on that tech, but with 7 years of advances, so 360Wh/kg. Which is about the same as most other top end Lithium-ion batteries, just solid-state rather than a liquid electrolyte.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoThat’s actually super cool, and more in line with what one might expect from the gradual progression of solid state energy storage. (Also, I’m a layperson, so my expectations should be taken as such.)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 hours agosure, because everything on Youtube is real.
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·55 minutes agoYouTube is a platform for millions of accounts, it’s not a monolith of uniform quality. Two-Bit DaVinci is respected and credible.
The running theory I had seen was that they were licensing out someone else’s tech, and then claiming it as their own.
And now this article shows that to be more true than I had thought.
Meanwhile, there’s a company out of Taiwan doing this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQFVIs4leig
The guy cuts a cell in half with a pair of scissors, and as soon as the scissors are pulled away the little LED light comes back on.
These seem like ones tested by GreatScott 7 years ago: https://youtu.be/kJXRyWQgOY4
Same company, their newest cells are based on that tech, but with 7 years of advances, so 360Wh/kg. Which is about the same as most other top end Lithium-ion batteries, just solid-state rather than a liquid electrolyte.
That’s actually super cool, and more in line with what one might expect from the gradual progression of solid state energy storage.
(Also, I’m a layperson, so my expectations should be taken as such.)
sure, because everything on Youtube is real.
YouTube is a platform for millions of accounts, it’s not a monolith of uniform quality.
Two-Bit DaVinci is respected and credible.