Their emergency battery chargers provide up to an hour of talk time on a cell phone in just 30 seconds to 1 minute of charge time. Amperics has developed an ultra capacitor with the same energy density as lead acid batteries, allowing for a new class of energy storage systems for various applications. The company's chargers are designed to help with wind volatility management, grid frequency regulation, and power storage backups. Amperics was founded by Bala Padmakumar.