Mobile Script Phone Needs No Batteries

via Yanko Design by Long Tran on 6/16/09

Yay! It�s been awhile since we�ve posted a mobile phone concept that promises to do everything under the sun in the thinnest form factor. I was getting withdrawal symptoms. The Mobile Script phone explores what functions any contemporary mobile device should have; internet access, documents on the go, games, communication, and mobility.

It has 2 touch screens, one in a traditional candy bar style format, the other a flexible OLED that stiffens with a low voltage charge when you unfurl it. This layout enables maximum real estate when watching movies or editing documents when you need it.

Okay if that wasn�t enough, there�s more futurist fantasms. You don�t need to charge it, yes you heard right. The case is covered in a photo sensitive nano material that converts sun light into energy. Oh my!

You know what? I like it.

Designer: Aleksandr Mukomelov

New Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Could Last 3x Longer Than Lithium-Ion

via�Gizmodo�by Dan Nosowitz on 6/10/09

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that, thanks to nanotechnology, is capable of 3 times the power of lithium-ion batteries with equal volume while remaining both lighter and cheaper to produce. Long-distance�electric cars, anyone?

The different atomic structure of the battery and knowledge of nanotechnology are what make this battery different. They used "mesoporous carbon, a material that presents a highly uniform pore structure at nanoscale level," to allow for a more efficient design:

The team assembled a nanostructure of carbon rods separated by empty channels, sulfur was then melted to fill the tiny voids thanks to capillary forces. All the spaces were uniformly filled with sulfur, thus maximizing the surface area in direct contact with carbon and boosting battery efficiency.

We've been needing a new battery technology for awhile now, especially for electric cars, so here's hoping they can get these�lithium-sulfur batteries�into production as soon as possible and that they deliver on the possibilities we see here. If it really is capable of three times the batter life, we're talking about something like a 730-mile range on a Tesla, 20 hours on a MacBook, or half a week on an iPod, all without added bulk or expense!�

TOYOTA news - a battery powered car and sports car with Subaru

Toyota said it will present a new Concept Battery powered vehicle in Detroit
FT-EV. For details, we will have to wait for Detroit.

Nikkei newspaper said Toyota will delay the start of a sports car build
together with Subaru till 2012 or later.