HAPPY PRESIDENT’S DAY!
Happy President’s Day from all of us at The Battery Times-
Love It or Hate It?: Wind-up AA batteries
You never know what you’ll find next at Yanko…
Designers Yeon Kyeong Hwang & Mieong Ho Kang are working on a concept for a AA battery that would be powered by a completely renewable energy source- You.
The concept behind the wind-up AA batteries isn’t all that different from the old wind-up toys you used to play with as a child. Read More…
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY
Whether you’re single, married, or somewhere in between; all of us at The Battery Times and Atbatt.com would like to wish you a very happy Valentine’s Day.
Tesla to Recycle Lithium Ion Battery Packs in Europe
Tesla, one of the major leaders in the EV movement, has recently announced that they will be teaming with Brussels-based Umicore to create a much needed lithium ion battery recycling program throughout Europe.
Tesla says the batteries in their EVs should last somewhere between 7-10 years or about 160,000 kilometers under normal use. Those are very solid numbers as far as hybrid and all-electric vehicles are concerned. But what happens when the battery has run its course? This new venture between Tesla and Umicore aims to answer that question. Read More…
Boy Falls onto Train Track While Playing his PSP- What Happens Next? (video)
Whether it be with cell phones, smartphones, or gaming devices; stories like this are becoming all too familiar…
A young Italian boy was recently so deeply enthralled with the game he had going on his Sony PSP that he forgot to do something very crucial: Look where he was going. Unfortunately for him, he was walking in a train station just feet from the tracks where commuter trains regularly come and go. Just like that, without ever noticing which direction he was heading, the 10 year old from Milan felll smack dab onto the train tracks below. What happened next?
Take a look at the video clip and find out for yourself- Read More…
Will BlackBerry Playbook Battery Measure Up to Standard Set by the iPad?
With RIM eagerly prepping for a first quarter release of the new BlackBerry PlayBook (many expect it to ship the U.S. beginning in March), many are wondering aloud if RIM’s battery life will be comparable to the 10-hr battery life of it’s main competitor, Apple’s uber-popular iPad. To that query, senior product lead Ryan Bidan urged those in attendance at a recent presentation in Boston not to worry. “We’ll have good battery life,” he said. “Don’t worry about the battery life.” Read More…
iPad 2: Will Upgrades Take Toll on Battery Life?
When Tim Cook/Steve Jobs recently confirmed that Apple is indeed working on an iPad 2, speculation regarding how they would improve on the groundbreaking iPad was rampant. One of the main things prospective iPad 2 owners want to know is whether or not the same impressive battery life enjoyed by its predecessor will accompany the newest version of the iPad, especially when there will likely be significant upgrades featured by the iPad 2. So far there are already reports that the iPad 2 will have a 2058×1536 screen resolution. How will this affect the amount of time users get out of each charge? Read More…
Scientists in Beijing Develop Pig-Powered Batteries
Batteries whose electrodes are made of pig bones? Now that’s a strange, yet potentially very beneficial development in the industry!
Scientists in Beijing have apparently developed a way to create lithium-sulfur batteries that are essentially powered by pig bones. The bones are baked and broken down, and then are used to create electrodes for the batteries. Read More…
Always Remember: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
We hope everyone has a great Martin Luther King Jr. day-
