batteries
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This Battery Pack With Built-In Games Lets You Never Talk To Another Soul Ever Again
Occasionally, the makers of the junk gadgets you can find at gas stations, convenience stores, and mall kiosks manage to come up with a genuinely useful piece of tech. Such is the case with this 8,000 mAh backup battery featuring its own built-in video game system so you can continue to ignore the world around…
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IBM Research Created A New Battery That Outperforms Lithium-Ion, No Problematic Heavy Metals Required
With everything from cars, to trucks, to even aeroplanes going electric, the demand for batteries is going to continue to skyrocket in the coming years—but the availability of the materials currently used to make them is limited. So scientists at IBM Research have developed a new battery whose unique ingredients can be extracted from seawater…
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Flying Replacement Batteries Could Massively Boost A Drone’s Flight Time
Borrowing a trick from the Air Force, whose planes can complete long-range missions thanks to in-flight refuelling from tanker aircraft, researchers at UC Berkeley showed off a novel way to keep small drones in the air almost indefinitely: flying replacement batteries that can be swapped without landing.
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This Is One Silly Way To Fix The Biggest Annoyance About Open Offices
Open offices kind of suck. Sure, they might look like a fancy coffee shop, but when it comes to getting work done, free snacks and lots of mid-century modern furniture only go so far. Not having any walls means you hear everything going around you, while not having a dedicated desk means anyone can come…