Wednesday, June 19, 2013
We’re all familiar with mashed, baked and french fried potatoes….but a spud-powered battery? Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, recently unveiled a solid organic electric battery that runs on treated potatoes. This simple, sustainable, robust device can potentially provide an immediate inexpensive solution to electricity needs [...]
It appears that a dead battery has been listed among the myriad of factors that initiated the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Reports from global oil company BP PLC this past Thursday said its costs for fighting a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have risen by $100 million in [...]
Forget 3, 4, or even 5 day battery life for cellular phones. If Intel delivers on a new promise, it could mean as much as ten days of standby on smartphones, as well as two days of audio playback. As noted by xIntelecom, An Atom-based platform, known as ‘Moorestown’, has been announced by the firm, [...]
What to do when the wind dies and the sun goes down has always been the major obstacle standing in front of the widespread use of solar and wind energy. Batteries designed to store these renewable energies are continually evolving however, as evidenced by the Aide Solar battery for solar energy storage. Aide Solar unveiled [...]
While it’s a technology that has been around for well over a century, electrowetting is having a significant impact on a gadget that’s as modern as it gets. By applying the electrowetting process to the screens of their e-books, the Dutch company Liquavista has a product that is said to be faster, more colorful, and [...]
Windows 7 Battery Bar is a tiny application for Windows 7 that displays the battery status in the taskbar. Although there are several free tools available to view battery status, this tool stands out because it’s portable and fully customizable. The tool lets you customize battery status color and taskbar text. Windows 7 Battery Bar [...]
Left unchallenged, our planet’s growing trash crisis will undoubtedly continue escalating. Research now shows that around 84,000 tons of alkaline batteries get tossed in the can each year! Those seemingly harmless little batteries we use in everything from cameras to remote controls now comprise 20% of hazardous household trash. The remedy?
As summer plans start becoming a reality, you may want to consider the large amount of battery-powered gadgets you’ll likely be taking with you. Digital camera batteries, iPod batteries, iPad batteries, laptop batteries, cell phone batteries, smartphone batteries…..and the list could go on. Keeping each of those charged could end up proving to be a [...]
It’s not often that you hear the phrase “world’s first” these days, but a world’s first is exactly what the Yogo electric scooter. While electric scooters themselves are nothing new, Yogo is the first to feature removable lithium batteries. Because the Yogo battery is removable, it allows riders to carry an extra battery along. Doing [...]
The heavy push widespread adoption of electric vehicles has created a gold-rush of sorts. For a variety of potential benefits that range from reducing greenhouse gas emissions to reducing dependency on foreign oil, governments worldwide have put up billions of dollars for the development of battery-powered vehicles. With battery technology becoming just as, if not [...]
In most cases, the Yuasa YTX14-BS motorcycle battery is not factory sealed with electrolyte. This means the customer is responsible [...]
This article shows you how to clean corroded motorcycle battery terminals. The same technique can be used for all lead-acid [...]
