Stories about: Battery Technology

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    Nvidia claims 10 hours of HD video on Tegra chip 27/08/2008 08:22:00

    Nvidia's Tegra system-on-chip will allow portable devices to play high-definition video for more than 10 hours, an engineer from the company told the Hot Chips conference on Monday.
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    Nissan previews electric car based on lithium ion battery 07/08/2008 10:20:11

    Nissan has unveiled its latest all-electric car prototype, a model based on a new lithium ion battery manufactured by a joint venture it formed with NEC.
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    The 10 most important technologies you never think about 09/05/2008 11:13:39

    The late science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke famously said that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
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    Sony runs Walkman off sugar-based bio battery 24/08/2007 07:34:01

    A year ago it seemed Sony couldn't even get a laptop battery right. A massive recall of lithium-ion cells tainted its image and had the company scrambling, but on Thursday it reported a sweet breakthrough in bio battery technology.
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    Acer: No major laptop battery improvement in offing 04/05/2007 14:07:50

    Dreams of fuel cells serving the power needs of a laptop PC or other new technology to significantly increase battery life won't likely be available for years, according to an Acer executive.
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    Sugar-fuelled battery soon to juice up portable electronics 26/03/2007 17:25:05

    Fuel cell technology that is currently in development boasts the ability of extracting energy from virtually any sugar source to power portable electronics like cellular phones, laptops, and sensors. The new technology is expected to be biodegradable, environmentally friendly and more energy efficient than current options, providing a green alternative to current Lithium-ion batteries.
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    3M sues Sony, Lenovo and others over battery patents 09/03/2007 13:39:24

    3M has filed suit against several big electronics companies, including Sony and Lenovo Group, for allegedly violating two patents related to lithium-ion battery technology.
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    Saving the planet, the easy way 12/02/2007 08:36:59

    Environmentalists have been urging consumers for decades to wake up to impending disaster and change their buying, driving and living habits to reduce pollution, cut energy consumption and help reverse global warming.
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    Lenovo recalls 526,000 ThinkPad batteries 29/09/2006 08:54:29

    IBM and Lenovo Group has recalled 526,000 Sony batteries for ThinkPad notebooks, becoming the latest vendors to act on fire-prone power sources.
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    DEMO - Security, PC-sharing, nanotechnology touted 28/09/2006 09:58:36

    An anti-botnet appliance, PC-sharing, and codeless application development were featured technologies at the Demofall 2006 conference Wednesday, with a multitude of hopefuls vying to provide the next industry-changing innovations.
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    Protecting your users in the Dell recall 18/08/2006 07:52:57

    Dell just announced the largest recall of any consumer electronic item in history: 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Sony and used in over 30 of its models. The recall was precipitated by a small number of overheated batteries in notebooks getting hot enough to cause a fire or potentially explode. Although the risk of such mishaps is small, Dell did the right thing for its customers and itself by taking no chances on someone getting hurt (or worse).
 
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