Search for the Super Battery

We live in an age when technological innovation seems to be limitlessly soaring But for all the satisfying speed with which our gadgets have improved many of them share a frustrating weakness the batteries Though they have improved in last century batteries remain finicky bulky expensive toxic and maddeningly shortlived The quest is on for a super battery and the stakes in this hunt are much higher than the phone in your pocket With climate change looming electric cars and renewable energy sources like wind and solar power could hold keys to a greener futureif we can engineer the perfect battery Join host David Pogue as he explores the hidden world of energy storage from the powerand dangerof the lithiumion batteries we use today to the bold innovations that could one day charge our world