We’re Back We’ll get to Donut Lab and its controversial announcements in the next segment, but first: Following several weeks of medical treatment for a gangrenous toe, angioplasty to open blood vessels in the leg, and doses of antibiotics, the threat to your editor’s foot seems diminished, and things seem to be tending slowly toward health and wellness. All praise to modern medicine and caring physicians. Meanwhile, In Finland Facing more pain than your editor has experienced in the (moderate) throes of illness, a battery maker making world-class claims contends with world-class skepticism. Donut Lab, a small Finnish company, claims to be accomplishing something few of its much larger competitors have not, coming out of relative obscurity with a full range of advanced electric and electronic products. In January, at the latest Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, they unveiled their latest breakthrough: solid-state batteries with 400 Watt-hour energy density per kilogram – double that of many competitors. …
