INDIAN-US TEEN INVENTS 20-SECOND PHONE CHARGER
Tuesday, 21/05/2013
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WASHINGTON: An 18-year- old Indian-American girl has invented a super-capacitor device that could potentially charge your cellphone in 20 seconds.
Eesha Khare, from Saratoga, California, was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the Intel Foundation after developing the tiny device that fits inside mobile phone batteries.
The so-called super-capacitor, a gizmo that can pack a lot of energy into a tiny space, charges quickly and holds its charge for a long time, NBC News reported. Khare has been awarded $50,000 (about R27 lakh) for developing the tiny device. She has also attracted the attention of tech giant Google for her potentially revolutionary invention.