Battery News
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A 60-year-old Grover Beach, California woman is in custody after it was alleged she sprayed a poisonous pesticide into the eyes and face of a seven-year-old girl in the latest dispute in a condominium complex where they both lived.
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A MIT spinout company, FINsix, has developed a power adapter designed for laptops that is around a quarter of the size of the current units used.
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Astana -
A 7-year-old girl living in Astana, Kazakhstan, has received serious burns and injuries to her legs after her Samsung Galaxy S2 in her pocket exploded.
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One third of phone upgrades have been from iPhone users switching over to Android. However, for existing iPhone users looking to upgrade to a new iPhone, there may be some bad news for you.
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A research project at the MIT university has enabled a student to produce a prototype version of a small unmanned drone that can land on nearby power lines in order to recharge itself when it runs short of power without returning to base.
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A super battery has gone on display at a tech show. In a demonstration a Samsung S4 smartphone went from a dead battery to full power in 26 seconds.
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LifeCHARGE recently released a slight variation of the iPhone case, this time focusing more on design and less on screen protection. The screen cover flap has been removed and the body is now boxier allowing it to make better contact with flat surfaces.
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Need a power boost for your mobile device to get through the day? Don't want to be slowed down by the extra weight? Ontrion's LifeCHARGE battery kits may be the solution for you!
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A new rechargeable flow battery has been developed. The battery, the developer's hope, could enable cheaper, more efficient energy storage.
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Apple really isn't as secretive as before especially with another patent surfacing showing off the development of a possible new 'smart' battery.
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With the price of gasoline approaching $4-per-gallon, Nissan plans on changing the mindset we have on electrical cars with their latest concept super-car.
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A physicist has conducted a number of experiments on his mobile phone to see how the battery life can be extended. He came up with some interesting results.
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As innovation in electronics moves forward at a rapid pace, stretchable batteries are on the horizon. U.S. scientists have recently created a battery that is flexible.
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Don't you just hate managing several different types of batteries at once? Your flashlight uses one type of batteries, and something else will use another type of batteries. It can be a pain and inconvenience to keep track of them all, until today!
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Tesla Motors, maker of electric cars, launched the first official Supercharger station on the US East Coast. The goal is to bring faster and more convenient charging of electric cars with lower wait time and more drive time.
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Pop star Justin Bieber has been named as a suspect in a misdemeanour battery charge, TMZ has discovered. A California photographer claims Bieber attacked him today after the paparazzo tried to take his picture at a mall.
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Elgin -
An Elgin, IL mother stands accused of not only encouraging her teen-aged daughter to fight, but also of driving her to the scene to do so.
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Free batteries will be on tap at all U.S. Blockbuster stores on Christmas day, according to McKinney, Texas-based Blockbuster L.L.C., which is offering the batteries on a “while supplies last” basis from 12 noon to 10 p.m.
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The next generation of iPad will be thinner and lighter due to an improved and longer lasting battery pack. It will reportedly beat the iPad 2 which is considered very slim at 0.34 inches.
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Charleston -
Billy Spade of Hico, West Virginia was acquitted of the battery charges levied against him after he admittedly spit tobacco juice on Westboro Baptist Church member and spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper at a 2010 protest in the capital city of Charleston.
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Halifax -
This week is Fire Prevention Week in Canada which runs until Sunday October 10. This year's theme is Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With.
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Japan's Nissan Motors has announced it is working on a new lithium-ion battery that can keep a car running up to 190 miles on a single battery charge. The battery will power the Leaf, a new electric car that will hit the road in 2010.
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University of Missouri researchers are developing a nuclear energy source battery that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.
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This latest incident in what is becoming a very bad run for Apple follows others in Great Britain, the United States and Japan. The young man concerned is not seriously hurt, that which cannot be said for the safety reputation of iPhones.
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A Grandfather with no criminal record was found guilty of battery in an incident at Disney World that occurred in June, and maintaining his innocence to the presiding judge.
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) will begin to use a new battery technology for its laptops that can withstand up to three years of recharging and can recharge in 30 minutes, much faster than batteries in today's market.
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The world's first ever chlorophyll organic battery generates power merely through contact with water, paving the way for a more energy-efficient future.
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One of the biggest disadvantages of RFID tags thus far is the need to run them off batteries. Now, solution has been developed.
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Boeing flew a hydrogen battery-powered plane for the first time in aviation history. Company officials said there is a promising future for such planes.
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Apple has many innovative and user-friendly products. The company has many fans because of it, but at the same time, they have many critics. For example, Apple doesn’t provide user-replaceable batteries in its devices, which has angered many people.
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Battery Image
Fangoria
"The Battery" is a film playing as part of Cineplex's Sinister Cinema series.
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Seeram Ramakrishna
Membrane less fuel cell batery
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MIT University
The new 'bird' drone developed by MIT University that can 'perch' on power lines to recharge itself.
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Harvard University
This image shows the interlaced stack of electrodes that were printed layer by layer to create the working anode and cathode of a microbattery
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Yonggang Huang / Northwestern University
Screenshot of newly developed stretchable battery
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StoreDot
The StoreDot super battery
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FINsix
The FINsix Dart 2 ounce power adapter
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