Sounds wild; problems solved, and even kept so secret that there are no patents, publications, etc.
But it’s nowhere near April Fool’s Day yet, so it must (?) be true.
But many great inventions, from penicillin onwards, have been born by chance, and in this case, they’ve probably even tried to put something new together.
Interesting that DOnut labs’ new world-changing miracle battery was seen at CES in another product besides the motorcycle. Specifically, ESOX Group is bringing the batteries to its drones for the military sector.
No information about the geographical location can be found on the company’s website.
I asked Gemini. Surprising. Or “surprising”?
Company Information
Founded: The company was founded in 2025.
Headquarters: Helsinki (the registered address is often located at a law firm, which is typical for early-stage international growth companies).
Industry: The official industry in the trade register is the manufacturing of motorcycles, their equipment, and accessories, which suggests that the technology may also be applied to electric motorcycles or other light vehicles.
It looks like one change is coming to the Korkeakoski sawmill following the ownership change from UPM to Versowood at the turn of the year. Today, VR cancelled regular train services there for February and March as well, after the January services had already been cancelled previously.
On the other hand, I wouldn’t be surprised; in the early 2010s, Versowood criticized VR in the media when they stopped receiving responses to requests for proposals and trains were replaced by trucks. For a few years now, there has been a monthly service from Hankasalmi to the Port of Hamina, but it is operated by Fenniarail rather than VR.
An interesting donut case. I watched the presentation video on YouTube, and around the halfway point, they showed the battery, which appeared to be bulging before the video cut off. That, at least, is concerning. I didn’t see in the video, or maybe I missed it, if there was a price for these yet? Who sells these? It doesn’t seem like you can buy them anywhere yet. Luxury can certainly cost more, and production might be hand-assembly. The production appeared to be in Imatra; has an environmental permit already been applied for regarding the production? If so, then the scaling would at least be more than just hand-assembling individual units.
This was a good summary of Coffee Stain. I’m also following the company, as I received these in my portfolio when they were spun off from Embracer. I wouldn’t mind at all if your post spun off into a new company thread!
We’ve come a long way with mobile phone cameras. The pixelated mess shot with a Nokia in the early 2000s has been replaced by images that are actually a pleasure to look at.
The attached photo hasn’t been processed in any way. Of course, Apple has built in all sorts of nice image enhancements.
A photo from a trip to a small mountain village near Marbella. I can’t take credit for this; the photo was taken by my prospective daughter-in-law. Apple 14 Pro.
The camera has certainly produced some great results. However, I have to specifically praise how wonderful the light is in that photo! My compliments to the photographer, a well-spotted (and also well-captured) shot!
Pros don’t shop around. Professionals bet at Pinnacle or Betfair, which are the only places where you can actually get money down. And those sites probably won’t apply for a license, at least at first, so the whole thing is pointless. But yeah, otherwise I agree. Those comments from the tax authorities are a total joke.
In practice, the tax authority’s interpretation of how winnings from betting (and slots) are determined causes the biggest problems for problem gamblers. Here is a good article on the subject, for example, and how nonsensical that tax interpretation is.
That is indeed interesting news. A supercapacitor with an energy density measured in hundreds of Wh/kg is at least as much of a holy grail as a mass-production-ready and competitively priced solid-state battery.
Though it probably doesn’t have an impact on Tesla in that way. Wouldn’t the donut lab sell its solution to anyone interested? Of course, if they have gained cost advantages from in-house battery production, then it would naturally have a negative impact on the car production figures, which don’t seem to matter at all with current valuations.
If that product’s specs are true and there aren’t any significant problems/deficiencies that haven’t been disclosed, then every single battery company, car company, VC, and the Chinese will be at the door offering tens of billions for that IPR. It really changes a hell of a lot of things across dozens of sectors.
The biggest problem with supercaps, or rather supercapacitors, seems to be so-called leakage—meaning if you charge one up and leave it as is, it “leaks” the energy out much faster than batteries, like 30-50% per day or so. So it’s great if you need the energy right after charging, but bad if you only need it a couple of days later.
Maybe an electrical engineer or someone who knows the field better can explain it more clearly.
That Donut is a crystal clear Sunny Car Center 2.0, and our “quality media” doesn’t even realize to question it enough to stop publishing these stories
The CEO already has the next company and a couple of roles lined up to bail to once this current hype project goes belly up:
The ”factory” has thus been established in the premises of a supermarket that has been empty for a long time. Recruitment is indeed underway and the test line should be put together during this month. I live in Imatra myself, so I can go for an evening drive one day to see if any progress has been made anywhere. Previously, the yard of said supermarket was at least in frequent use by people doing moped stunts
The stench of piss and shit reaches all the way to the moon, but no one questions this bullshit anymore. Tecnotree is also such a scam that it should be on the front pages and have FIN-FSA (Fiva) agents go through it with a fine-tooth comb. Then they’ll just bring flowers to the bankruptcy hearing…