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MIT spinoff SolidEnergy announces a new lithium-metal battery that doesn’t explode

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SolidEnergy’s lithium-metal battery that allegedly holds a longer charge than the Apple iPhone 6 battery (via MIT)Although we’ve heard it before, another company claims to have finally made a functional lithium-ion battery that lasts twice as long. T...
- 17 Mar 2015
Park Benches Just Got Cooler: This One Can Recharge Your Cell Phone

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Boston city park bench with addition of a shiny, new solar-powered charging station. (via Boston Globe) It's all the rage - single function devices are being updated to accommodate multi-functional needs. Imagine a bench; it's just sitting th...
- 31 Dec 2014
Energy Star level VI - Standards for external chargers

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For years energy experts have been telling consumers to unplug their devices and chargers when not in use because a lot of them have high standby currents, so called "vampires" How much energy do household appliances use?ApplianceWhen on (watts...
- 9 Dec 2014
WiFi-enabled, Smart Battery for Smoke Alarms Reports on Battery Life

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A smart-battery that connects to your phone via WiFi to tell you when it's low on juice (via the Roost Team)In a world where everything is 'smart,' here is one more thing:. a 'smart' battery created by the Roost Team which can lin...
- 4 Dec 2014
High-tech and High-fashion Wearables that people People can Actually Afford

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Rebecca Minkoff showing off her newly designed, fashion-forward, technology wearables. (via Rebeccaminkoff.com)Wearable technology is becoming all the rage with designers hoping to stay on-trend and keep customers flocking to their stores. I suppose ...
- 31 Oct 2014
UC San Diego researchers design temporary tattoo biobattery

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Working up a sweat could one day power your gadgets (via US San Diego)Working out produces a lot of perspiration in an effort to keep our bodies cool but what if we could harness that sweat to provide power to our gadgets? That’s precisely what rese...
- 6 Oct 2014
Body-powered Jewelry, no kidding...

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Blinker design Our culture is obsessed with creating the newest fad and venturing uncharted into a new fashion land. Well, it'll be hard to top artist Naomi Kizhner’s newest concept for the latest fad, and although it's far-fetched, she believes...
- 26 Aug 2014
Spray-on Solar Panels

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Tin halide perovskite solar cell (via Nakita Noel)With lots of recent talk about global climate change, research into sustainable forms of energy has soared, and solar panels are no exception. In fact, solar energy is about to embark on a journey few...
- 19 Aug 2014
Unique mechanized PCB/Thermal/Electrical Technique

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I etched my first PCB when I was 13 years old. I made it using transfer sheets and the junky Clad from RadioShack. It was all I knew at the time. Needless to say I found printed circuits to be fascinating. Today I’m 24 years old and I’ve made m...
- 5 Mar 2014
Cobra's JumPack comes packing enough power to jump start your car

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One common car problem many people face sooner or later is a dead battery. It can happen for multiple reasons, the most common one being the lights left on. To fix these problems many people use jumper cables or jumper boxes. An additional opti...
- 24 Jan 2014
NYIT professor looks to send wireless power at long distances using lasers and balloons

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(Right) Aerostat depiction. (via US Military)The idea of sending power wirelessly over considerable distances has been around since Nikola Tesla demonstrated that ability using his Tesla Coils back in the late 1880’s and early 1900’s. Since that time...
- 20 Dec 2013
45 Years Is The New 15 Minutes

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It’s no secret that the speed of technology rivals the speed of light in our world. You buy the latest and greatest piece of technological innovation, and tomorrow it’s obsolete, replaced by the NEXT latest and greatest technological innovation...
- 19 Nov 2013