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This Compact But Powerful Battery Promises A Whole Extra Day Of Laptop Use
Serious travellers who need to stay connected when on the road know that a backup battery of some sort is a must-have travel companion. And it’s no surprise that a battery pack named after one of the strongest animals on earth, a silverback gorilla, boasts that it can keep a laptop running for an amazing 14 hours straight.
Charging Gadgets While You Bike Is About To Get A Lot Simpler
Ever gone for a long bike ride in unfamiliar territory? Probably used your phone’s GPS to help navigate, right? Convenient. However, that also makes running out of juice more than just a small annoyance. Siva Cycle’s Atom might just solve that, and a host of other battery issues for the tech-bound biker.
This Credit Card Sized Backup Battery Is A Different Kind Of Charge Card
Unless you’re completely killing your smartphone’s battery on a daily basis, you don’t need to haul around a massive backup battery. A single emergency charge is all most of us need for those days when we talk or stream more than we intended, which makes the Tarot’s 1500mAh capacity the perfect balance of size vs power.
Battery Life Is The Only Spec That Matters
Give basically any piece of tech you carry around the time-machine test. Jump ahead 50 years and show off whatever anachronism of a gadget you brought along to a native. They’d laugh, obviously. But within the confines of our traditional tech specs, you know what they’d probably find most egregious? The battery.
Boeing Details How It’s Going To Fix The 787 Dreamliner’s Battery Problems
Boeing has detailed its solution for the 787 Dreamliner’s battery problems. It involves improving the battery itself, fixing the charging system and adding another layer of protection with an added enclosure. Boeing is still committed to lithium-ion batteries and this solution will allow Boeing to continue to use them in the 787.
Polish Biobattery Is Powered By People, Not Potatoes
Implantable medical devices have come a long way since doctors installed world’s first pacemaker in Arne Larsson’s chest in 1958, but they’ve always been hamstrung by a reliance external power sources. However, a new zinc-air battery chemistry developed by Institute of Physical Chemistry in Poland could eventually provide its host’s implants with an unlimited power supply. Let the cyborg revolution begin.
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