News: An algorithm to charge batteries faster than even, $4 million to develop

4 millones de $ para el desarrollo de un algoritmo cargará las baterías más rápido que nunca [EN] vía @element14

The vast majority of conventional battery monitoring methods simply look at the voltage across the battery and resulting current to indirectly infer information like charge and the battery operating condition. Postdoctoral Fellow Scott Moura, said this method is like trying to figure out how fast and where people sat in a theater, simply by looking at how fast the line moves. The team is hoping that mathematical models can provide a better understanding of where “people are sitting” so that “broken seats” can be identified and the theater can be filled to its maximum efficiently and safely. Bringing this analogy back to the original conversation of batteries, the team hopes to refine estimation mathematical models that will describe the distribution of Li+ ions throughout the battery. This would allow for better gauging of battery longevity as well as identify damaged sect...

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