CHARGE YOUR CELL PHONES IN LESS THAN 20 SECONDS.

An 18-year-old Indian-American girl has invented a super-capacitor device that could potentially charge your cellphone in less than 20 seconds.

Eesha Khare from Saratoga in California was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the Intel Foundation for developing a tiny device that fits inside mobile phone batteries. This device could allow them to charge within 20-30 seconds.
The so-called super-capacitor can pack a lot of energy into a tiny space. It charges quickly and holds its charge for a long time, said a report in the times of india. Check it here...
Khare was awarded $50,000 for developing this device. She has also attracted the attention of tech giant Google for her potentially revolutionary invention.
The device can last for 10,000 charge-recharge cycles, compared to 1,000 cycles for conventional rechargeable batteries, she said.
“My cellphone battery always dies,” she said, when asked about what inspired her to work on the energy-storage technology.
Super-capacitors allowed her to focus on her interest in nanochemistry and to make significant advances in many different fields.
The gadget has, so far, only been tested on an LED light. It has a good chance of working successfully in other devices, like mobile phones, the report said.
Khare sees it fitting inside cellphones and the other portable electronic devices.
“It is also flexible, so it can be used in rollup displays and clothing and fabric. It has a lot of different applications and advantages over batteries in that sense,” she added.