I am all for lots of research into battery technology. The better the batteries we can get in our phones and laptops, the longer we can go between charges. Last week Nokia filed a patent app for a batteyr that uses kinetic energy to recharge itself. If you could combine that Nokia tech with the new Li2S/Silicon Rechargeable Battery tech, we might have the ideal battery.
Cellular phone giant Nokia has filed for a patent for a self-regenerating phone battery, or in their own words, a “piezoelectric kinetic energy harvester”. The patent essentially involves a battery that’s “contained within a first frame that is coupled to a second frame by one or more piezoelectric elements.”
Logitech have finally released their Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack, which will finally allow users of the Squeezebox Radio to cut the power cord. The $49.99 kit includes an IR remote control and an internal rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack; Logitech reckon it's good enough for up to six hours of wireless playback from the WiFi radio.
Today, Bloom Energy launched its first technology, the Energy Server, which employs stacks of solid oxide fuel cells to convert air, as well as sources as “unclean” as fossil fuels, into usable electricity.
I don’t know about you, but when I use my iPhone for playing games or streaming video the battery is ran down very quickly. That means if it is early when I use up all my battery power I end up tied to the charger all day. A company called Unioo has unveiled three new external battery solutions with two designed specifically for the iPhone.
Microsoft recently announced that they would investigate some user upgrades to Windows 7 that provoked a new warning message (not seen XP or even the problem-ridden Vista) suggesting that users “consider replacing their batteries”. Turns out the software giant have reached a verdict that Windows 7 (and naturally therefore Microsoft) isn’t actually at fault. Who, or rather, what is? Absymal laptop batteries, according to the MSDN blog.
Apple’s iPad has a kickstand lined up for it already, so HTC probably figured out why not take advantage of its HD2’s beautiful screen and has decided to make a battery-kickstand combination for it.
Japanese company Eamex has claimed that they’ve discovered a way to significantly increase the lifespan of the high-capacity lithium-ion batteries that are used in hybrids/electric vehicles. The new battery technology may go through over 10,000 times , and last approximately 20 years. That’s leagues better than what we have at the moment – read on to see how they actually do just that.
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There's money to be made from earth-friendly gadgets, and there's an iPhone-owning audience out there crying out for extra juice in their smartphones, so trust Scosche to put the two together. The Scosche solBAT II is, daft punctuation aside, a reasonably sensible solar-powered external battery, which comes with both a windshield mount and a universal carabineer for easy positioning.
Massive amounts of batteries for laptops have been recalled over the last few years for risk of fire. The batteries were recalled due to the risk that the battery would short circuit and lead to a fire. Several battery related fires have been reported.
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