This New Charging Technology Could Change Energy as We Know It

Reader Contribution by Kayla Matthews
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It’s not an understatement to say that humanity’s future as a species depends in part on how we choose to generate, store and distribute energy. The march of technology is relentless, but a host of technologies — all the way from trifling consumer electronics to massive autonomous vehicles — are basically twiddling their thumbs while they wait for literal and figurative empowerment.

Our smartphones chain us to power outlets. Our vehicles either guzzle dead dinosaurs or make do with comically short drive times thanks to primitive batteries. And while companies have been teasing us with announcements of “breakthrough” battery technologies for years, a real sea change in the realm of energy still hasn’t shown its face.

Until now. If you don’t know the name John Goodenough, you probably should — he helped invent the venerable lithium-ion battery, which is the current standard for portable power. His new project is a brand-new type of battery — and it could change energy as we know it, and possibly even sooner than we’ve dared hope.

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