njaard@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoJohn Goodenough, inventor of Lithium-Ion battery, dies at 100www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkJohn Goodenough, inventor of Lithium-Ion battery, dies at 100www.bbc.comnjaard@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekoraro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoWow he got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at 97 years old and the article makes it sound like he was working on new battery tech pretty recently.
minus-squareTransient Punk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 year agoHe was working on some solid state battery chemistries. Joe Scott on YouTube made a video about him a few years ago that talks about what he was working on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nA8CfxBqA The relevant part starts a bit after the four minute mark
minus-squaresaba@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year ago “I don’t want man, in his greed to exploit the resources of Earth, to turn what should be a garden into a desert” – John B. Goodenough
minus-squarerunner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI hope this quote makes it into the next Civilization game.
Wow he got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at 97 years old and the article makes it sound like he was working on new battery tech pretty recently.
He was working on some solid state battery chemistries.
Joe Scott on YouTube made a video about him a few years ago that talks about what he was working on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nA8CfxBqA
The relevant part starts a bit after the four minute mark
I hope this quote makes it into the next Civilization game.