Batteries

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Battery with built-in USB charger

September 22, 2006 Logical, inevitable, perhaps even overdue in retrospect, our ripper idea of the day (at least so far) is this rechargeable battery that can charge from any USB port without the need for any recharging devices, cradles or cables. Just pop the end to reveal a built in connector and charger, plug into any powered USB port on your desktop, laptop, keyboard, games console, monitor ad infinitum charge the battery. Currently available in the AA format, the USBCELL will shortly comprise a full range of standard formats, phone and camera batteries. Read More

ECOGIZMO

MIT develops new fast-charging battery technology ideal for automobiles

By Mike Hanlon

February 18, 2006 With the world going mobile and billions of new devices requiring electrical storage, battery technology is almost certainly due for a renaissance in the near future and recent developments suggest MIT will play a role in the next significant battery technology. Less than a week ago, we reported on work being done by MIT's Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) that could become the first technologically significant and economically viable alternative to conventional batteries in 200 years. Now a second new and highly promising battery technology is emerging from MIT - a new type of lithium battery that could become a cheaper alternative to the batteries that now power hybrid electric cars. Read More

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Charge 2 Go – one AA battery equals another 3 hours of talk time

By Mike Hanlon

September 7, 2005 The Charge 2 Go is a reusable cell phone charger that accepts a AA battery and gives up to three hours of additional talk time – and at US$24.99, it’s an insurance policy that most people can afford as AA batteries can be found anywhere in any part of the world. The tiny aluminium charger comes in silver, blue, red or black and sells with a variety of connectors to fit most popular cell phone models. Read More

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

New Oxyride Extreme Power Battery offers twice the performance as alkaline

By Mike Hanlon

Long lasting reliable batteries are an indispensable part of our lives and despite rapid progress in almost every aspect of technology, dry cell batteries have not progressed since the alkaline battery forty years ago … until now. Panasonic will release a new battery later this year that promises twice the life of the best existing alkaline battery, the Duracell Ultra. On the market for 12 months in Japan, where it has taken a 10% market share in the face of an influx of cheap battery imports a third its price, the Oxyride Extreme Power will sell for the same price as a standard alkaline battery. In the Japanese market, Panasonic undertook an aggressive marketing campaign using a car powered by two AA-size Oxyride batteries. In demonstrations around Japan, the car has repeatedly travelled a kilometre and has a best distance of more than 1.25 kilometres. Read More

ECOGIZMO

New battery recharges in one minute

By Mike Hanlon

30 March, 2005 Toshiba today announced a breakthrough in lithium-ion batteries that makes long recharge times a thing of the past. The new battery can recharge 80% of a battery's energy capacity in only one minute, approximately 60 times faster than the typical lithium-ion batteries in wide use today, and a full recharge takes just a few more minutes. The battery’s performance-boosting improvements in energy density and subsequent advantages in size and weight make it perfectly suited for hybrid electric vehicles and when it reaches market next year, the automotive sector is expected to be the first to utilise it. Read More

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