“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 [...]
While it may not be as entertaining as charging batteries via boomerang, the Wind Up Battery concept still brings power to what would otherwise be power-less circumstances.
One of the latest designs on Yanko comes from the designer Qian Jang. In aiming to provide a way to charge batteries sans electricity,
While the worldwide market for portable power products is expected to remain somewhat stagnant for the next couple of years, a rather healthy growth spurt could see the battery and fuel cell market rise nearly 50% in the year 2013.
This forecast comes from a study done by
Available exclusively for Windows is a new battery assisting program called BatteryCare. The program is designed to make it easy to monitor the status of your laptop’s battery life and gives heaps of helpful information that will help you get more from each charge. And, best of all, the download is free!
BatteryCare is an easy [...]
While progress is being made, smartphone batteries still struggle to keep up with all of the capabilities that make them so desirable. This will change with time as battery technology continues to rapidly progress. In the meantime, there are plenty of alternatives available for getting more from each charge, with new ones popping up on [...]
While Apple is making great strides in bringing about a better battery for it’s notebooks, iPhones and iPods; there’s still a lot to be desired when it comes to getting the run-time you need from the devices you count on everyday. Battery performance will continue to improve and allow for longer use of wireless gadgets, [...]
Sony has revealed the newest version of it’s hybrid fuel cell prototype at the FC EXPO held at Tokyo Big Sight this past week. The new battery uses methanol as its main source of energy and contains an auxiliary lithium-ion battery. The device is so small it can fit into the palm of [...]
In today’s society, the population is rapidly growing and with that so is the need for different sources of energy. It almost seems to be a popular fad, “what new way can we come up with to stretch and renew our energy?” South Korean designers Ji-yun Kim, Soon-young Yang and Hwan-ju Jeon have done just [...]
North America will soon have on market the first full line of portable DC battery chargers from Honda Motors, thanks in large part to Honda’s appointment of Alten Battery Chargers Inc. as its OEM partner on this proposal.
Unlike an AC generator paired with a slow plug-in charger, ALTEN Battery Chargers are a fast and highly [...]
In what many are calling a response to Samsung’s Blue Earth, LG recently unveiled their own version of a solar-powered cellular phone at the 2009 Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain. While LG showed off the solar phone and battery case at the MWC, they weren’t able to release a name on the product, [...]
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