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Article | 23/05/2010 HP Expands Battery Recall: Prevent Fire or Injury
If you have used a laptop computer, you are aware that they generate a substantial amount of heat. The battery is one of the components that generates...
Article | 22/05/2010 NASA: Spacewalking astronauts install battery on solar array
Two NASA astronauts today installed two new batteries on the International Space Station's solar array, which should keep the orbiter powered up for y...
Article | 19/02/2010 Power up workouts! Nanofiber batteries charge as you move
Scientists from University of California, Berkeley have developed fiber nanogenerators that could harness the energy of your everyday movements and co...
Article | 24/12/2009 Panasonic's new battery designed with safety in mind
Panasonic announced on Tuesday that the company has begun manufacturing a new, safer laptop battery, which will hopefully reduce the number of battery...
Article | 25/09/2009 New material aims to make lithium-ion batteries safer
A new material developed by Taiwanese researchers aims to put an end to fires and explosions caused by the lithium-ion batteries commonly found in pho...
Article | 22/09/2009 Apple probes iPhone battery woes
Continued complaints by iPhone owners about fast-draining batteries have prompted Apple to ask some users to install power-logging software on their s...
Article | 22/08/2009 Duracell reveals wireless charger
Battery manufacturer Duracell have revealed their very own wireless charging device, dubbed 'myGrid'.
Article | 7/07/2009 iPhone users harangue Apple over battery life
Reports that Apple's iPhones are draining their batteries so fast that some users can't make it through a workday without recharging likely point to a...
Article | 30/06/2009 ZigBee develops standard for devices without batteries
The ZigBee Alliance is working on a standard for products based on the wireless technology that can operate without batteries by harvesting energy fro...
Article | 24/06/2009 IBM working on battery breakthrough
IBM announced today that it is developing a next-generation rechargeable battery capable of storing 10 times more energy than today's top lithium-ion ...
Article | 10/06/2009 Sony develops mercury-free alkaline button cell
Sony has developed a new type of alkaline manganese button-cell that contains no mercury and will put it on sale later this year, it said Wednesday.
Article | 3/11/2008 HP, Dell, Toshiba recall Sony laptop batteries again
Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the batterie...
Article | 10/09/2008 HP extends laptop battery life to 24 hours
Hewlett-Packard (HP) will release a laptop next month that can run for to 24 hours using a high-capacity battery -- but only if it's running Microsoft...

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