The obvious common thread between batteries and English muffins is, of course, contact lenses. An unusually high-energy Joe unravels that mystery after whining about battery chemistry and how it basically remains unchanged from Thomas Edison's ideas more than 100 years ago. The crew discusses Innovative power storage technologies await us in the form of…supercapacitors!

Featured Technology: http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2018/february/supercapacitor.html; https://www.nasa.gov/ames-partnerships/technology/technology-opportunity-metal-oxide-vertical-graphene-hybrid-supercapacitors

Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge)

Sponsor:  UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed

Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/