New Toshiba battery boasts 10 minute recharge times for laptops

Toshiba showcased their upcoming super-charge ion battery technology at Ceatac in Japan. Toshiba claims the technology can be used to dramatically reduce battery recharge times, apparently they demonstrated a laptop battery that was capable of being recharged 90% in just 10 minutes. 

Besides reduced charge times, Toshiba says the new battery also increases recharge lifecycles:

Toshiba used a new negative electrode material in its SCiB. Rather than carbon, it uses Li4Ti5012 (lithium titanate) in the new battery, resulting in a shorter recharge time and an improved recharge lifecycle, according to the company.

For example, the SCiB's recharge lifecycle has been improved to 6,000 times, compared to previously possible 500 times.

First announced last December, the first SCiB batteries were supposed to ship in 1H'08 so Toshiba apparently still has a long way to go before the batteries will make their way into laptops.