Battery care: 10 things you can do to make any battery last longer | | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 by Steve Lee |  As far as battery maintenance goes, I'm the worst ever. I can't even begin to count the number of times I've needed to jump on my lap-top, use my cell phone or any other portable electronic device, only to find myself in the unenviable position of having no juice left on the battery. Simply put, I overuse, poorly maintain, and all in all just wear down all of the batteries I need like it's going out of style.
These bad habits usually leave me powerless when I most need power, so I asked around and came out with these 10 simple things you can do to make any battery last longer. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Bob Marley's 8 Simple Ways to Go Green with Power | | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 by Steve Lee |  As the immortal Kermit the Frog put it, "It's not easy being green." The idea of going green is a noble one. It sounds good, we all know we need to make changes in the way we go about our daily lives in order to preserve our beautiful planet and reduce our energy consumption. However, actually implementing these necessary changes can be a whole different story. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Why Go Rechargeable? Part 4
Heavy metal: Rechargeables and the environment | | Monday, November 03, 2008 by Erica A. |  Toxic heavy metal is not what your kid brother listens to. It’s the cadmium, nickel, lead and mercury found in an array of batteries, both disposable and rechargeable, and it’s harmful to humans and animals. Runoff from cadmium mining caused deformities in animals and humans in Japan after WWII. Mercury’s toxicity is well known—it’s what made the Mad Hatter mad. Lead damages neuron connections. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Why Go Rechargeable? Part 3
Save money in the long run | | Monday, November 03, 2008 by Erica A. |  Over time, rechargeable batteries save so much money that they are virtually free power. Thrifty living blog The Simple Dollar, which pulls no punches, tested whether rechargeables would really save money in the long term. Blogger Trent switched from Energizer e2 Titanium alkaline AAs to Sanyo Eneloop batteries. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Why Go Rechargeable? A Mini Blog Series | | Thursday, October 30, 2008 by Erica A. |  Rechargeable batteries abound—they’re in your laptop, cell phone, mp3 player and your car. But you may not have thought of using rechargeable batteries in your household gadgets, like your wireless keyboard and mouse, or Wii and XBox 360 wireless controllers. Every time you hear the thunk of dead batteries on the bottom of the trash can, you’re hurting both your wallet and the environment. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Robots Take Over the World | | Friday, September 26, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  In popular culture, the first intelligent robots were almost exclusively fictional. Classic cartoons like ‘The Jetson’ portrayed artificial machines with human-like emotions. Although this level of artificial intelligence is yet to be achieved, we do show consistent progress with all the simple robots we have out on the market today. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Lithium Titanate Battery - Charge 18,000 Times | | Thursday, September 18, 2008 by Jin |  Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. has developed a new battery technology that can out perform every other current chemistry. It’s called Lithium Titanate. This new battery technology utilizes nano-technology to make anodes with an enormous surface area free of carbon. According to Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., these new batteries have a calendar life of 12 years and can be recharged 18,000 times. You can also recharge them above 80% in as little as 10 minutes. Although this may sound too good to be true, Altair is currently working with the U.S. Navy to incorporate this new battery technology into US naval ships and installations. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Intel Demonstrates New Wireless Electric Power System | | Thursday, September 18, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  Imagine walking through the airport with your laptop and having it charged wirelessly as you move along. Although this future concept might seem far away, Intel recently demonstrated a way to safely transmit electricity through the air to power electronics. Analysts say this new technology could revolutionize modern life by allowing electronic devices to receive wireless power without any cords or wires involved. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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$8 Billion Black Hole Machine | | Thursday, September 18, 2008 by Timberlake |  We have been continuously trying to figure out the answers to the hardest questions out there. Questions like, “How did the universe form? Where did everything come from? How did nothing turn into everything?” It’s questions like these that intrigue us to figure them out. Between the Franco-Swiss border, about 100 meters underground, lies what is today the latest, greatest scientific tool we’ve put together. Its purpose is to help us answer these unchallenged questions. This particle accelerator, known as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will revolutionize our knowledge from deep within atoms to the vastness of the universe. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Are You Prepared? - Emergency Kit Guide | | Thursday, August 21, 2008 by Ariane |  Living in this precarious world, you need to be prepared for any emergency that you may face. Whether it be a natural disaster prevalent in your geographic area or a man made disaster, you need to have an emergency survival kit with the proper emergency supplies to survive on your own. In the event of an emergency, rescuers will be overwhelmed and unable to assist all those in need of attention. That's why you need to have emergency supplies that you can count on when stores will be closed, electricity will be out, and roads will be unavailable. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Amstron SOL-10 Review | | Thursday, August 21, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  The Amstron SOL-10 is a compact solar battery that allows you to harness electricity directly from the sun and use it to power all your handheld electronics. Whether you're on the street, in the mountains, at the beach, or in the wild; the SOL-10 will never leave you without power - wherever you are. Set it in the path of sunlight and you will virtually be plugged into the sun. As a standard feature, these solar batteries come with an AC adapter - allowing you to charge it from a wall outlet in case you’re caught in the dark.
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GM Chevrolet Volt - Full Coverage | | Monday, August 18, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  After countless shortcomings in the automotive industry, General Motors is now looking to take advantage of the gas price crisis by coming out with an all electric vehicle to solve the problem many Americans are currently undergoing. This vehicle, now officially named as the “Chevrolet Volt”, is expected to be released sometime in 2010 with more than 34,000 people already wanting one. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Security Utilizing Segways for Zero Emissions | | Thursday, August 07, 2008 by Steve Lee |  With the escalating security concerns in China, this anti-terror team has been training on these specially-outfitted Segways to help keep everything under control at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. And as brutal as these security officers may look, they have the best intentions in mind. While the officers combat terrorists and would be law-breakers, the electric powered Segways under their feet produce zero emissions combating both rising fuel costs and pollution. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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50 Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Buses | | Thursday, August 07, 2008 by Denise F |  Nothing says "Green" Olympics better than 50 battery powered buses. These buses powered by lithium-ion batteries will be running a total distance of 10.4 kilometers for the athletes and officials in the Olympic Village, the northern arena area, and the Press Village on three loop lines. The specially made buses are the largest number of their kind in the games, says Sun Fengchun, an electric car expert with the Beijing Institute of Technology. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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2008 Beijing Olympics Go Green | | Thursday, August 07, 2008 by Jin |  Beijing, as the host of the 2008 Olympics is showing its huge support for a greener world by taking extreme measures to reduce emissions and clean up pollution as much as possible. On the request of the organizing committee, the Olympics will show just how important it is to take care of the world we live in and hopefully jumpstart everyone's participation for a cleaner planet Earth. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Intel's Smallest CPU - Intel Atom Processor | | Friday, August 01, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  Intel Corporation is attacking the rapid growing low-voltage processor market with their all-new Atom Processor. This CPU is intended to provide all the mobile internet devices (MIDs) and ultra-mobile PCs with respectable performance while operating on very little power. The goal was to manufacture a widely adopted processor that could preserve battery life and still deliver basic performance without sacrificing space or power efficiency. Now that over half... | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Mini-Laptops - In The Spotlight | | Thursday, July 31, 2008 by Timberlake |  Smaller than traditional laptops but larger than handhelds, mini-laptops offer most of the features you get from their bulky ancestors - web browsing, document creation and editing, email - just slightly scaled down in terms of both size and power. Most appealing of all, they're cheap. read more | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Apple's Servers Go Down - 3G iPhones Remain Unactivated | | Friday, July 11, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  After all the media coverage the new iPhone 3G received, Apple has undergone probably the worst technical difficulty they could possibly have. Like last year, the massive demand for the iPhone 3G has taken its toll on Apple's iTunes activation servers and we now have confirmation that the servers are definitely down... | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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30 days of juice for your Laptop | | Tuesday, July 01, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  Samsung has developed a portable power supply that can power a laptop for about a month using a fuel cell system. Although this is relatively new technology, Samsung has been diligently working on it in order to perfect it. As expected, this device is expected to flourish in our hi-tech portable society. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Batteries with RFID Tags | | Friday, June 20, 2008 by Timberlake |  Enviro-Energy, which specializes in supplying new industrial-size batteries for the telecommunications industry, as well as in disposing of used ones, is employing passive EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to track its battery inventory, and to provide customers with visibility into the disposal of their batteries. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Asus Turns to China for Laptop Batteries | | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Ariane |  Although Asus has consistently proven their quality and reliability to the portable PC market, they seem to be having trouble keeping up with demand on the highly popular Eee PC. See how Asus is handling their battery pack shortage. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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USBCell Rechargeable Batteries | | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 by April |  The Moixa USBCELL batteries can be charged using a regular charging station as well as the USB port in your PC, laptop, Xbox 360, or USB car charger. At this point, a USB port is so readily found in your home or office it may be easier to charge it using that instead of lugging around a charger. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Battery Disposal Guide | | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 by Denise F |  Help preserve the environment and make sure that you properly dispose of your batteries in accordance with federal and state laws with this battery disposal guide. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Online Retailers Taxing N.Y. Customers | | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 by Ariane |  Online retailers will be required to charge sales tax to customers ordering from New York as of 6/1/08. An estimated $50 million in sales tax is expected to be generated from this ruling. In response, Amazon.com is suing NY claiming that the law is unconstitutional. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Silicon Nanowires To Increase Battery Life Tenfold | | Thursday, May 08, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  Researchers at Stanford University have found a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable lithium ion batteries as much as 10 times more capacity. This potentially could give a conventional battery-powered laptop 40 hours of battery life, rather than 4 hours. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Lithium Phosphate Batteries | | Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Jin |  Although present Lithium-ion batteries have gained popularity through their outstanding performance, a new metal-binded mineral may lead to a cheaper and safer lithium battery. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Factory Fire Sparks a Worldwide Laptop Battery Shortage | | Friday, April 18, 2008 by Joseph Lopez |  Wondering why OEM battery prices for DELL, HP and Asus have gone up through the roof? A recent fire at a major manufacturing plant of laptop batteries is greatly affecting the supply of these batteries. Although the prices are up pretty high already, they are expected to go up even more. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Nature’s Batteries | | Monday, January 07, 2008 by Steve Lee |  Geobacter is a genus of proteobacteria, that uses what is called anaerobic respiration, this refers to the oxidation of molecules in the absence of oxygen in order to produce energy. Geobacter was found to be the first organism with the ability to oxidize organic compounds and metals including iron, radioactive metals, and petroleum compounds. The organism turns these metals and compounds into harmless carbon dioxide while using iron oxide or other available metals as an electron acceptor. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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High Rev Libations Charge Your Battery | | Friday, December 07, 2007 by Denise F |  All this talk buzzing around about a “cocktail” based battery (i.e. ethanol powered batteries); makes you wonder if scientists came up with this idea while sipping their favorite brew at their local pub. What about cocktails that can power up YOUR inner battery? Can’t the formula be reversed? | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Battery Hacks | | Monday, October 29, 2007 by Steve Lee |  Hacking different electronic items is a lot of fun. Most people don't realize it but you can actually hack batteries as well. Here is a list of 10 different battery hacks from simple to dangerous. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Cocktails to Extend Your Batteries | | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 by Denise F |  All this talk buzzing around about a “cocktail” based battery (i.e. ethanol powered batteries); makes you wonder if scientists came up with this idea while sipping their favorite brew at their local pub. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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Why Can't I Find My Battery at a Local Store | | Friday, September 14, 2007 by Ariane |  It is ironic as we do not really think about how dependent we are on batteries, until they die. We get many calls a week from customers asking where they can buy their battery locally in their area. Unfortunately, there are very few places where you can walk in and find a battery for the multitude of devices we use and rely on everyday. | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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LSD Kills Off Alkalines! | | Friday, September 14, 2007 by Jin |  LSD Batteries, wave of the future. The new Low Self Discharge (LSD) batteries by Rayovac and Sanyo are a new revolution in the consumer rechargeable battery market providing more power, reuseability, and now 1 year shelf-life! Better than drugs! | | Add Comment | Read More | |
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If you’ve made it this far in the blog series, odds are that you’re pretty sold on rechargeables. Now it’s about fine-tuning your usage.
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As the USA struggles against peak gas prices, Presidential candidate John McCain is offering a $300 million dollar prize to whoever develops a superior car battery to power hybrids and electric vehicles.
After many years of waiting for a vehicle that could help relief the world of rising gas prices, pollution, and dependency on foreign oil, that day is finally here.
A U.S. court's decision to shoot down the patent infringement claims of a U.S. battery maker has ended a lengthy case against Chinese battery manufacturers and marks the first victory of Chinese enterprises in similar trade disputes.
Three Brazilian students have discovered a way to make pigmentation that can be used for coloring in ceramics, from batteries. 
Having trouble finding your laptop's model number? Use this step by step guide to help you uncover your computer's model number, brand, and much more.
This is not your average charger. It can provide you with self generated electricity in one sweat trickling workout. In case your overweight and ever get lost in the middle of nowhere at night with a dead GPS, this baby will save your life.
Did you find out about InfoLithium the hard way? You have our deep condolences, but you’re definitely not the only one who’s tried using an aftermarket battery with an infolithium device. 
With the dramatic rise in the cost of SLA batteries, consumers are wondering if the spike is due to a legitimate increase in the cost of goods, or the result of greedy retailers. Is there relief in sight to these astronomical jumps in pricing? What is causing them, and why?
Hate how you call the manufacture of your cell phone, laptop, and digital camera to replace a part, and you are told that they no longer carry parts for your device? Ever get the spiel on how you should upgrade to a newer model?
What can be done to maximize your battery life? Here are some tricks to help take charge (excuse the pun) of your laptop battery.
Can alcoholic beverages really become our future source for power? Long Island Ice Tea or your favorite Martini maybe the source of future power?
With so many troops depending on power to communicate with thier loved ones, why won't the Postal Service deliver to them?
The World’s Most Dangerous Battery
A Day Without Batteries – A Short Story written by Josh Gomez
