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Credit Card Thin Battery Is Perfect For Other Kinds of Emergency Charges [Power]





If you thought the American Express card in your wallet was the perfect tool for solving all of life's little emergencies, think again. This wallet-friendly backup battery can charge your iOS devices or se...
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Energy Efficiency Roundup
 
Some more top energy efficiency news from around the internet:
Lighting Science Group has completed the first phase of a relighting project in Washington, D.C. that will “save the city tens of thousands of dollars each year in energy costs...
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Vampiric Implants Siphon Clam Essence for Electrical Power [Science]





Tomato juice, Bud Light, home electronics—is there anything clam won't work well in? Everybody's favorite bi-valve is now an essential part of an experimental engine—it's the battery. More&...
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Solar Power and Battery Backup: Tesla and SolarCity's Dream Home [Solar]





Electric car maker Tesla Motors is teaming up with the solar panel leasing company SolarCity to make what might be the first complete, packaged electrical system for an off-the-grid solar home. More&nb...
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Finding the Best AA Battery for the Money [Batteries]





What brand of AA battery gives you the most power for your dollar? More »



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3M's Silicon Anodes Could Boost Gadget Battery Life by 40 Percent [Batteries]





Graphite is a common choice for anodes in Li-Ion battery systems but doesn't store much charge for its bulk. However, 3M's newly-devised electrode could boost battery life and replace the soft-carbon mate...
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Your Phone Will Magically Charge in Your Pocket Thanks to This New Fabric [Military]





Imagine having jeans that charge your phone just by putting it in your pocket. That's what this material—developed for the British Army—does. The fabric is made of yarn that conducts electricit...
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Future Batteries Could Run on Brown Liquor [Batteries]





The cathode is often one of the most expensive components of a battery-especially if it's made of cobalt or precious metal. A Swedish scientist may have discovered a way to replace pricey metal cathodes wi...
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Credit Card-Thin Batteries Could Power a Display On Your Visa [Batteries]





NEC has been dabbling in ultra-thin flexible batteries for a while now, but the latest version of its ORB, or organic radical battery, measures in at a mere 0.3mm thick. Making it thin enough to be used ev...
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New Electric Car Battery Could Double Capacity and Halve Cost [Electric Cars]





Well, this is an exciting bit of news for green drivers. Envia Systems has come up with a new battery technology that could give a $20,000 electric car a range of 300 miles to a charge. Yes, please? Mor...
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We Are So Close to Inventing a Real-Life Mr. Fusion [Video]





Some would argue that the biggest obstacle robotics currently faces isn't the Uncanny Valley or suppressing the urge to destroy all humans—it's keeping their batteries charged. The newest version of...
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Cheaper Energy Storage Systems = More Renewable Energy

Stuffed into the envelope with the electricity bill is sometimes a little pamphlet telling you where that energy comes from. Sometimes, it’s pretty detailed; other times, not so much. But the percentage of energy coming from renewable sources often isn’t...
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Don’t feel intimidated by the guys at the AA meeting, their nothing in comparison to the guys at the AAA meeting.
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Nissan’s Leaf Tapped to Make eNV200 — an Electric Commerical Van
Ever wanted a commercial van designed like a Nissan Leaf? Of course you have! So, check this out:
Leaf + Van = eNV200 – Zero Emissions When Hauling Stuff (via Gas 2.0)
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Kia Finally Has EVs in North America
 
Anyone who’s ever gone car shopping with me knows I’m not a particular fan of Kia; the question I always ask is: “How many ten-year-old Kias do you see on the road?” The answer I’m looking for is “None,” but the answer I almost always get is, “Why ...
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A Simple Sensor Could Stop Li-On Battery Fires For Good [Science]





Li-on batteries feature in most of the mobile electronics we use because they pack far higher energy density than their competitors. But until now there have been a whole heap of problems with those same b...
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Future MacBooks Could Be Powered by Fuel Cells [Apple]





The latest patent application to come out of Cupertino could allow for new Macbooks that are slimmer, lighter, greener and could provide power for days without a charge. What's the magic ingredient? Fuel c...
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There I Fixed It: Because Why Not



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High Capacity Backup Battery Will Keep You Powered For a Week [Batteries]





Until all of our electronic devices are powered by tiny Mr. Fusions, backup batteries are a harsh reality. But with a massive 9900mAh battery, the hard drive-sized iGeek should power all of your gear for u...
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The Prozza’s Gone Electric!
(Takes a few seconds to load. You can sit through it or click on to the original site.)All-Electric on Two Wheels Only – Prozza Scooter and Motorcycle (via Gas 2.0)Related posts:Tiny, Colorful, and Cute – 3-Wheeled Electric Scooter from KyotoTokyo M...
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A Battery Powered Chainsaw For Eco-Minded Psychopaths [Desired]





Chainsaws have been used to clearcut forests and terrorize teenage summer camps, so Stihl is hoping to put them in a more friendlier light with their new electric model that swaps the cord for a sixty minu...
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Can Scientists Make a Battery That Will Survive 40,000 Charges? [Science]





The one problem with gadgets is power. Even if batteries start off long-lasting, after 12 months they start to struggle. But a new material might change that. More »






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New Li-Ion Batteries Will Run Ten Times Longer and Charge Ten Times Quicker [Batteries]






While gadgets improve by leaps and bounds every year, the technology that powers them hasn't. Batteries still suck, unless something comes of this research at Northwestern University that promises new lit...
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Zephyr Bluetooth Speaker Has Battery Life To Spare and Share [Speakers]






Streaming your music over a Bluetooth connection is yet another convenience that can be a real drain on your smartphone's battery. So Spar has packed its new Zephyr wireless speakers with an oversized bat...
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EZmouse Packs a Backup So It Never Runs Out of Batteries [Mouse]






They lost their annoying USB cables, but in the process wireless mice also gained an appetite for batteries. Recently they've been put on a power diet, but Digitz's EZmouse goes double deuce on the rechar...
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Philips Has a Free App To Battle iPhone Battery Woes [IPhone]






A supposed fix to the iPhone 4S' battery life issues is on the way from Apple, but until the update is officially released to the public, Philips has stepped up to the plate with a useful app that will he...
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There I Fixed It: Understanding Troll Science FAILURE




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Sun-Loving mPowerpad Keeps Insects and Dead Batteries at Bay [Video]






Solar powered backup batteries make the great outdoors even better by keeping all your toys running, and Third Wave Power makes a convincing case for its new mPowerpad with the inclusion of extra function...
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What's Going on With the iPhone 4S battery? [IPhone]






The original iPhone 4 stumbled out of the gate with an infamous antenna issue that left many users very disappointed. And while the problem was eventually resolved in a modified housing that carried forwa...
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What's Really Killing Your iPhone 4S Battery? [IPhone]






Battery performance on the iPhone 4S isn't quite as good as it was on the iPhone 4. Some chalk it up to the more power hungry dual-core processor, which makes sense. Kind of. More »

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Energy Storage “Membrane” Instead of Batteries?
Related posts:The Equivalent of Fast-Charging EV BatteriesPanasonic Batteries + Tesla Model S Sedan = Still Awesome?Raindrops Keep Falling on My PVDF Membrane
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Watch Bugs Unbelievably Charge a Smartphone [Video]






This ad by Qualcomm is more impressive and less gross than I thought it would be—it uses bugs on miniature circus equipment to charge an Android phone with a Snapdragon processor. I'm guessing it's...
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There's a Smartphone Battery that Can Recharge Itself in 10 Minutes [Guts]






On display at Japan's CEATEC tradeshow is a new technology developed by NTT Docomo and NEC that can fully charge a lithium ion battery in 10 minutes. More »






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These Energy-Scavenging Batteries are Powered by All Vibrations, Not Just the Good Kind [Batteries]






With the amount of vibration and movement a typical car suspension endures on a drive, you'd think someone would try to harvest that energy with kinetic generators. Whaddya mean MicroGen Systems already d...
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Battery-on-a-Smart-Cover Is the Ghost of Smart Cover Future [Ipad]






Strapping a battery to the face of your Smart Cover isn't exactly a teerrrrible idea—it's actually kind of cool—but it's also kind of lazy and half-realized. Why not build the battery into the...
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The iPhone 5 Could Have the Same Battery Life As the iPhone 4 [Rumors]






MacRumors has been pointed to a slew of possible iPhone 5 components, including the battery inside the iPhone 5. According to them, the iPhone 5 battery is pretty much the same shape as the iPhone 4 and p...
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NEW! Electrical Storage Device SMC!
graphene surface-enabled lithium ion-exchanging cells / surface-mediated cells (SMCs)Electrical energy has been stored in electrochemical batteries, capacitors, and double layer or ultra capacitors. Other mechanisms like pumped hydro, thermal systems, and...
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Future LCDs Panels Will Use Its Own Light to Create Energy [Guts]






Researchers at UCLA have a new idea on how to use LCD panels, and it has nothing to do with video. Instead, they've devised a technology allowing screens to absorb and convert various light sources (like ...
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Test Disposable Batteries Before Tossing [Batteries]






Most of the time rechargeable batteries are the way to go, but there are some applications better served with disposable alkalines. When those alkalines stop working it may mean they're completely dead, o...
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Are Syrian Rebels Really Charging Their Phones With Batteries and Water? [Video]






Syrian freedom fighters claim to have come up with a new and creative way of charging their cell phones when they're cut off the grid. It sounds too good to be true... and we think it is. More &r...
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A Spec Tweak Will Make USB Capable of Charging Laptops [Guts]






What if laptops (or any other device) didn't need specialized AC adapters? Well the USB Promoters Group just revealed a near-complete spec revision that would allow USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports to deliver up to ...
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MacBook Batteries Are Totally Hackable. Wait, What? [Hackers]






One security researcher discovered the password protecting the microcontroller in MacBook batteries is not unique for every notebook and is easily hackable. It could brick your battery, or worse, install ...
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A Shape-Shifting Cellphone That Changes the Center of Gravity For Different Uses [Video]






Imagine looking at Google Maps on your tablet, and feeling one corner grow heavier where your destination is located. Or reading an ebook on your phone, and being aware of the fatter side of the book. ...
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Orange You Glad Advertising's Going Eco-Friendly? [Advertising]






For Tropicana juice's latest ad campaign, they went back to basics and filled billboards with hundreds of oranges, the acid of which generated enough electricity to light up the billboard. More &r...
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Gas Powered Battery Could Fuel Your Gadgets [Batteries]






Your gadgets suck down serious energy. And you know what's a more energy dense source of power than a battery? Gasoline. Or Kerosine. Or pretty much any hydrocarbon. Which is why Clarian Labs came up with...
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Tablet Bezels Are the Perfect Home for Solar Charging Cells [Video]






Every tablet and e-Reader has a fair amount of bezel around the screen. Good for your hands, but otherwise, it's wasted space. What if those bezels had embedded solar cells, allowing the device to charg...
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An External Battery for Your iPhone that Doesn't Quite Look Stupid [IPhone]






If you want extra juice for your iPhone, there aren't that many options out there that don't look rather goofy. They're bulky, corded, or just plain ugly. But the PhoneSuit battery is a nice cange—o...
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Apple Patents Non-Exploding Batteries [Apple]






Apple products are really pretty, so it's quite a shame when they explode. More than once. So I'd say this patent for non-exploding batteries is definitely a move in the right direction. More &raq...
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The Knock-Down, Drag-Out Fight Over the Next Generation of Batteries [Patent Trolls]






Patent Trolls have been around nearly as long as patent infringement itself. Bottled Lightning by Seth Fletcher takes a look at one scientific-disagreement-turned-nasty fight over the batteries that power...
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