A novel technology from an Israeli startup promises to charge your battery in half a minute, according to CNET.
Several startups have entered the mobile charging market and are working on developing wireless chargers; yet startup StoreDot has turned to biology. Its technology uses peptides, the building blocks of amino acids.
"StoreDot has been constructing semiconductors built from peptides, which are organic amino acids that, when linked together, create proteins. Peptides have become popular among body-builders because of their protein creation and have been found to have a wide range of applications for skin care. StoreDot believes peptides can also come in handy for charging smartphone batteries," CNET said.
When the charger is connected, the motion of peptides rapidly charges the phone, CNET added.
According to TechCrunch, $6.25 million was raised by StoreDot and plans to raise another $ 20 million to develop its facility for production of its organic batteries.
"If we invest in our own facility we can make the batteries in a very short cycle. If we need to teach someone else how to change their facility it might take too long - so it's better to build this from scratch instead of to modify an existing facility," StoreDot's CEO and founder Dr Doron Myersdorf told TechCrunch.
StoreDot displayed a prototype at Microsoft's Think Next Conference in Tel Aviv. The display prototype charged a Samsung Galaxy S4 in 30 seconds, according to Ubergizmo. The charger is as big as a wireless charger now and the company is working on reducing its size.
However, the technology will not be available until a few years. Myersdorf said, "We are about one year from a functional prototype that will be inside the device. Right now we show a battery that extends beyond the form factor of the smartphone. So in one year we'll have reached the size, and in two years we'll reach the required energy density for the entire day."
