$50k is no joke, and neither is this technology.
Remember the glory days when you got your first flip phone and could go three whole days on one charge? With my energy sucking, GPS enabled smartphone I am lucky if I can get a full day's use out of one charge.
In our fast paced, technology driven society, it can be challenging finding those extra minutes or even hours needed to conventionally charge our precious phones. Too much Instagraming, tweeting, and browsing can often lead to the onset of what I like to to call the afternoon game of Find An Outlet In The Least Awkward Place Possible. So how do we fix this first world problem of ours?
Meet Eesha Khare. She is my new best friend. Eesha has invented a supercapacitor that will enable to charge a phone in 20-30 seconds. SECONDS! Not only that, it runs 100,000 cycles around a regular battery's 1,000. If that wasn't enough to impress us, the entire device flexible and versatile, meaning that this technology is not limited to just cell phones. Medical devices, electric cars, and other emerging fields may benefit from Eesha's research.
Oh, and one more thing: Eecha Khare is eighteen years old.
A native to California Eesha won the $50,000 prize at Young Scientist Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona. She plans to spend the money on her college career to further her research.
What a great gal.
In our fast paced, technology driven society, it can be challenging finding those extra minutes or even hours needed to conventionally charge our precious phones. Too much Instagraming, tweeting, and browsing can often lead to the onset of what I like to to call the afternoon game of Find An Outlet In The Least Awkward Place Possible. So how do we fix this first world problem of ours?
Eesha Khare with her awesome little battery thing! Photo: Unknown
Meet Eesha Khare. She is my new best friend. Eesha has invented a supercapacitor that will enable to charge a phone in 20-30 seconds. SECONDS! Not only that, it runs 100,000 cycles around a regular battery's 1,000. If that wasn't enough to impress us, the entire device flexible and versatile, meaning that this technology is not limited to just cell phones. Medical devices, electric cars, and other emerging fields may benefit from Eesha's research.
Eesha Khare and other winners from the Intel Internation Science Fair. Photo: Unknown
Oh, and one more thing: Eecha Khare is eighteen years old.
A native to California Eesha won the $50,000 prize at Young Scientist Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona. She plans to spend the money on her college career to further her research.
What a great gal.
