Submission Statement: Australian scientists have made a significant leap forward in energy storage technology by developing and testing the world’s first proof-of-concept quantum battery, new research reveals. The researchers say the technology could transform how we store and use energy in the future, paving the way for super-fast charging of devices.
kirakirazeno on
The fact that these batteries can theoretically charge faster as they get bigger feels almost backwards compared to normal batteries. Quantum physics is wild.
Still far from consumer tech, but this is the kind of research that makes the future feel „real“ again.
Medical_Tailor4644 on
If quantum batteries ever scale outside the lab, charging speed could become a completely different conversation.
Vaiolette-Westover on
This is pretty cool although proving the concept where quantum pairing can deposit a unit of energy into a medium is about lightyears away from being able to make that useful. Case in point, creating a charging source at the scale required to fully charge even a single AA battery would probably, according to my napkin not math, require more than the entire output of humanity right now.
Quantum entanglement can also theoretically transit energy and information across vast distances, like AUs long distances, but again, that is theoretical when we need a gigazillion joules to get like 2 anti particles.
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Submission Statement: Australian scientists have made a significant leap forward in energy storage technology by developing and testing the world’s first proof-of-concept quantum battery, new research reveals. The researchers say the technology could transform how we store and use energy in the future, paving the way for super-fast charging of devices.
The fact that these batteries can theoretically charge faster as they get bigger feels almost backwards compared to normal batteries. Quantum physics is wild.
Still far from consumer tech, but this is the kind of research that makes the future feel „real“ again.
If quantum batteries ever scale outside the lab, charging speed could become a completely different conversation.
This is pretty cool although proving the concept where quantum pairing can deposit a unit of energy into a medium is about lightyears away from being able to make that useful. Case in point, creating a charging source at the scale required to fully charge even a single AA battery would probably, according to my napkin not math, require more than the entire output of humanity right now.
Quantum entanglement can also theoretically transit energy and information across vast distances, like AUs long distances, but again, that is theoretical when we need a gigazillion joules to get like 2 anti particles.