Scary video highlights danger of damaged Lithium Ion batteries

A Japanese safety institute has released a video that serves as a graphic reminder of the danger posed by damaged Lithium Ion batteries. The batteries are extremely common in portable consumer electronics, providing power for smartphones, laptop computers, smartwatches and many other devices, and are typically safe. But if a battery is damaged, the results can quite literally be explosive. As part of its work testing electronic components, the Japanese National Institute for Technology and Evalu...