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Sci-Fi Future: Battery Viruses
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 - Anuradha Menon
Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to create and install tiny microbatteries...

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Japan Reports iPods Overheating, Defect?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 - 13:22:36 - Anuradha Menon

Japan is investigating a possible battery defect in the popular iPod Nano music player after reports that two overheated in Tokyo, scorching nearby...

Virus Helps to Build Tiny Battery

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 - 20:08:21 - Ehud Rattner

A virus has helped to create a new type of tiny battery, made with a simple stamping technique, that could power miniature devices. Electronic...

Toyota to Rlease Plug-in Hybrids by 2010

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 - 22:53:18 - Iddo Genuth

Toyota Motor plans to produce lithium ion batteries next year for a plug-in hybrid vehicle available in 2010. The company on Wednesday said that the...

Super Fuel Cells
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 - Roni Barr
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have improved the power output of a certain type of fuel cell by more...

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Sharp Improves Methanol Fuel Cell Technology

Saturday, May 17th, 2008 - 13:09:58 - Iddo Genuth

SHARP HAS unveiled a high density, 0.3Wcc direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), which boasts the highest level of power density yet achieved. The...

Nanotechnology to Improve Li-ion Batteries

Friday, April 11th, 2008 - 12:41:36 - Iddo Genuth

Nanotechnology could improve the life of the lithium batteries used in portable devices, including laptop computers, mp3 players, and mobile phones...

Robot Sets a Record for Walking Distance

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 - 15:15:30 - Ehud Rattner

Cornell Ranger robot has recently set an unofficial world record by walking nonstop for 45 laps - a little over 9 kilometers or 5.6 miles - around...

Sea Snails For Better Cell Phones

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 - 08:22:59 - Roni Barr

An MIT materials scientist's research on sea snails has helped transform battery technology and may end the era when cell phones die if they're...

Nanowire Batteries to Hold 10 Times More Power
Friday, February 29th, 2008 - Roni Barr
A team of researchers from Stanford University, led by Yi Cui, assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering...