Researchers at Tel-Aviv University have created new technology that can fully charge a smartphone in just 60 seconds.
StoreDot, a start-up company created by members of the nanotechnology department of the university, unveiled the device at Microsoft's Think Next conference this month and revealed that it has been "developing biological semiconductors, made from naturally occurring organic compounds called peptides, or short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins".
This technology can be used to speed up the process of charging a smartphone and while the prototype was developed for a Samsung Galaxy 4, the company confirmed that they plan to roll it out for other models in the future. Better still, it is planned that the product will only cost about twice as much as an average charger.
Unfortunately, it is not expected to go into production until 2016 so you might need to keep carrying your charger in your handbag for a little bit longer!
