The United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has warned that the software included in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a backdoor that allows unauthorized remote system access.
Energizer DUO is a USB battery charger. Included with the charger is a Windows application that allows the user to view the battery charging status. The [...]
For those looking for new methods of eco-friendly transportation, the battery-powered bicycle that was released under Sanyo’s Eneloop label (yes, the same label under which Sanyo manufactures Wii charging stations and batteries) proved to be a legitimate alternative. Capable of traveling about 85km(about 53 miles) on a single charge, Sanyo sold roughly 350,000 of the [...]
When it comes to smartphone batteries, there’s always more you can do to ensure you’re getting the most that you can out of each and every charge. By controlling the device data connection and/or WiFi on your smartphone, JuiceDefender by Latedroid does exactly that.
The basic concept behind JuiceDefender is that by intelligently toggling wireless data [...]
“AMPAC scientists independently confirmed that Planar Energy’s new generation of solid state electrolytes have ionic conductivity metrics comparable to liquid electrolytes used in traditional chemical batteries.” -Dr. M.J. Soileau, a UCF professor of optics, electrical & computer engineering and physics
Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center have reportedly [...]
With each release of the newest smartphones, consumers are paying significantly more attention to the battery life that accompanies them. The realization that its capabilities are irrelevant if they can’t keep it charged has consumers taking second and third looks at the performance specs of the batteries found in iPhones, Droids, Blackberrys and the rest.
“There were stories we would hear of children going out to the street and studying underneath street lamps, or literally coming to school with blackened noses because they’d been studying near kerosene lamps.” Jessica Lin - Soccket.com
Throughout the world, even in the most impoverished of areas, children playing soccer is as common a scene as [...]
Next time you find yourself with a dead battery on your iPhone and no USB charger or electrical outlet in sight, try and find yourself some oranges. Aside from serving as a delicious distraction from your power woes, the citrus fruit actually has the ability to charge the battery of your iPhone. Just hope you’re [...]
While there has yet to be an official price set on the battery-powered Nissan LEAF, it’s now known that Nissan is asking those who are seriously considering purchasing the revolutionary vehicle for a fully refundable $100 reservation fee. With interest in what Nissan is calling the ‘world’s first all-electric, zero-emission car designed for the mass [...]
When buzz started being generated throughout online communities that Windows 7 may be causing premature battery degradation(causing batteries to die quicker than they should), Microsoft took the bull by the horns and began investigating. A spokesman from Microsoft stated at the time that it could possibly be a problem in communication between the BIOS and [...]
“I’ve never seen interest in batteries as high as it is now” - Esther Takeuchi, PhD, professor in advanced power sources at University at Buffalo
For over twenty years, the lithium/silver vanadium oxide battery has been an instrumental part of the medical industry as it’s used to power nearly 300,000 implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) annually. ICDs [...]
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