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Stanford Researchers Reinvent Lithium-Ion Batteries
S. Koreans Improve Lithium Battery Life by 8 Times
Engineers at Hanyang University have come up with a new way to make rechargeable lithium batteries 90% more efficient so that they provide eight times the life of current ... read
PolyPlus Packs 10X the Energy of Li-Ion into Waterproof Battery
A California company called PolyPlus is working on new battery technology that is waterproof and can store 10 times the energy of today's lithium-ion batteries. Lithium metal-air batteries have ... read
Researchers Create Battery that Can Charge in Seconds
A team of researchers at MIT have come up with a new way to recharge lithium ion batteries that could allow them to charge in seconds or minutes rather ... read
Researchers Make Lithium-Ion Batteries Safer
Researchers from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute have developed a new material that will make lithium-ion batteries safer to use in today's electronic devices. Li-ion batters are used in ... read
New Fuel Cell Technology Delivers 6x Energy of Lithium-Ion
Manhattan Scientifics announced yesterday that it has boosted the energy of its MicroFuelCell by a factor of six to nine times beyond the capabilities of current lithium ion batteries. ... read
IEEE to Redefine Cell Phone Battery Standard
Today the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) stated that it plans to revise the existing standard that governs the design and manufacture of rechargeable lithium ion and ... read
Nuclear Powered Batteries Closer To Reality
Researchers with a grant from the National Science Foundation have developed a tiny, nuclear-powered battery. Although the new battery currently produces significantly less energy than conventional chemical batteries (like ... read
Student's Antenna Tweak Leads to Vastly Improved Battery Life
A student at Canada's Carleton University has discovered a new way to drastically improve battery life on mobile phones by changing the way the antenna is connected to the ... read
Kyocera Issues Battery Recall
Kyocera yesterday issued a precautionary recall of certain batteries for its Slider, K400, and 3200 series phones. The batteries shipped with the phones, and certain aftermarket batteries bearing the ... read
Japanese Scientists Develop Flash Memory with Lifespan of Hundreds of Years
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the University of Tokyo in Japan have created new Flash memory technology that would allow Flash memory ... read
NTT DoCoMo Develops a Smart Battery
Researchers at NTT DoCoMo have created an "intelligent" lithium-ion battery that monitors its health and status, and stores reports that are accessible by users. The battery has an embedded ... read
U.S. Cellular Announces Free Battery Swap Program
Today U.S. Cellular introduced a new program whereby customers can exchange a dead or dying cell phone battery for a fully charged battery for free. Battery swapping is available ... read
Intel Looking At New Ways to Harness Electricity in Mobile Devices
Intel recently announced that it is working on ways to grab energy from the environment in order to reduce mobile electronics' reliance on rechargeable batteries for power. The sensors ... read
T-Mobile Offers to Replace Wing Batteries
Because some batteries in the HTC Wing are prone to overheating, T-Mobile and HTC are taking a preventative step and offering to replace the Dynapack batteries with Celxpert batteries. ... read
New Components Allow Smaller Phones
A University of Michigan professor has developed a new type of tiny resonator using MEMS (micro-electro mechanical systems) technology. Resonators are passive components that sort radio frequencies. Traditionally, the ... read
Motorola Backs Fuel Cell Maker
Motorola today announced they are investing in a Canadian company that is working on a fuel cell battery hybrid. Tekion is developing a small unit that combines a Formira ... read
T-Mobile Offering Fuel Cell from Its Accessories Site
Today T-Mobile made a fuel cell charging product available via its accessories web site. The 24/7 Xtreme Portable Power Solution, made by Medis, delivers instant emergency power to portable ... read
New Power Efficient Display Tech Offers 60,000 Hour Lifespan
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology and Idemitsu Kosan announced a new display technology that dramatically boosts the lifespan of the screen while also dramatically lowering the amount of energy needed ... read
Kyocera Issues Battery Recall
Kyocera today issued a recall on certain batteries for its 7135 PDA phones. The affected batteries have a product code ending with -05 printed on the underside. Kyocera will ... read
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