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Porous electrode batteries 2000x more powerful, charge 1000x faster, 30x smaller

Porous electrode batteries 2000x more powerful, charge 1000x faster, 30x smaller
  • Posted April 18, 2013, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • University of Illinois researchers have uncovered a way to design batteries that are thousands of times more powerful, 30 times smaller and charge 1000 times faster than current offerings. If what the research team claims is true, the next generation…

Researchers reveal flexible, stretchable lithium-ion battery

Researchers reveal flexible, stretchable lithium-ion battery
  • Posted February 27, 2013, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Researchers have announced the development of a stretchable lithium-ion battery that could have countless industry applications, especially with the rising interest in flexible electronics and the constant advancement of medical tech. By using a process they call "ordered unraveling,"...

HP pays $425,000 to settle civil suit over defective batteries

HP pays $425,000 to settle civil suit over defective batteries
  • Posted January 24, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • HP has agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that it knowingly failed to inform the US Consumer Product Safety Commission about defective lithium-ion batteries, as required by federal law. As is often the case, the faulty batteries were prone…

Breakthrough could bring tenfold increase in battery life

Breakthrough could bring tenfold increase in battery life
  • Posted November 16, 2011, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, Hardware Breaking News
  • Although the autonomy of mobile computing devices has improved in the last decade, the gains are mostly through advancements in microprocessor and display technologies. Batteries themselves have remained largely unchanged in recent years, but a team of engineers at Northwestern…

Transparent li-ion batteries may become reality

Transparent li-ion batteries may become reality
  • Posted July 27, 2011, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • Pioneering researchers at Stanford University have announced what appears to be the first practical, transparent lithium ion battery. The experimental battery technology is said to be very flexible, utilizes a traditional Li-ion chemistry and can be manufacturered using a relatively…

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