New 48-Volt Quant supercar can go 600 miles on a tank of ‘salt water’
Electric vehicles are just one of the many solutions that engineers have been pushing as a way to cut down on global warming and greenhouse …
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This incredible new tech can recharge a smartphone in just 8 minutes
The newest smartphones support insane charging speeds, both when it comes to wired charging and wireless charging. And as has been the case for several …
Exciting new battery technology could extend the life of your next phone
Launched in 2015, the iPhone 6s can run Apple’s latest iOS release and benefit from all the new features Apple has developed in the years …
A 14-year-old girl died after a smartphone battery exploded overnight
Smartphone batteries aren’t supposed to explode, which is why the ones that do always seem to make the news. Most of the time, affected users …
Apple’s battery replacements still havn’t made everyone happy
Late last year, Apple admitted that it has been throttling performance on older iPhones with worn-out batteries. The admission won Apple a legion of bad …
Watch this recalled laptop set an entire room on fire
Most of the electronic gadgets we use are powered by lithium-ion batteries, and very occasionally, those lithium-ion batteries can malfunction. When they do, they have …
This is what Apple’s battery health ‘fix’ looks like
As part of its please-don’t-sue-us apology tour following the iPhone battery throttling revelations, Apple promised to introduce new battery health features to iOS 11.3, as …
Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘deeply apologizes’ for iPhone battery ‘miscommunication’
In an interview with ABC News, Apple CEO Tim Cook has offered an apology to “anybody that thinks we had some kind of other motivation” …
Apple stores are overrun with customers wanting cheap battery replacements
In order to placate the litigious masses calling for Tim Cook’s head over the iPhone battery slowdown feature, Apple recently decided to slash the cost …
Scientists have built a tiny battery that provides power and cooling at the same time
When it comes to processors, heat is enemy number one. Packing ever more powerful processors into constantly shrinking mobile technology is a recipe for cramped cases …
Lithium-ion battery inventor claims discovery of revolutionary new battery tech
John Goodenough, the physicist widely credited with the invention of lithium-ion battery tech we all use today, has published a paper detailing his latest battery …
How to tell if Apple owes you a new iPhone battery
Apple is currently in the sixth stage of the “dealing with an Apple Product Fault” flowchart: Grudging Acceptance of a Very Limited Problem Probably Caused …
Someone found a way to recharge batteries hundreds of thousands of times
One of the worst things about batteries may soon be fixed thanks to a new innovation from the University of California. Scientists studying battery materials …
iPhones of the future might be powered by sugar
While some scientists from MIT are busy reinventing intersections and looking at ways to completely remove traffic lights, others are studying ways to create better …
New battery technologies that will ease your fears of running out of juice
Smartphones are becoming more and more sophisticated mobile PCs, yet device makers still haven’t figured out how to significantly improve their battery lives. Instead, handset makers …
We’re closer than you think to having smartphones with 7-day batteries
Every year smartphone owners beg companies to build phones with better batteries and every year these companies only give us lighter and thinner devices that still …
Sony’s plan to make your phone battery last 40% longer
With each passing year, companies like Apple and Samsung manage to make smartphones faster while also packing them with increasingly advanced features. That’s all well …
4 myths about batteries you need to stop believing
A lot of the tips we’ve been hearing about how to improve the performance of our batteries turn out to have been tall tales. CNET’s Sharon …
University of Cambridge researchers create new battery technology for first time ever
Despite numerous technological advancements that have given us an increasing number of highly sophisticated toys in recent years, we still haven’t solved all our problems with …
This transparent solar-powered battery looks like a futuristic Tony Stark invention
Remember Iron Man’s transparent smartphones? They might become reality sooner than you think thanks to an unusual new type of battery that’s not only transparent, …
U.K. company makes hydrogen-powered iPhone battery that can purportedly last a full week
Now this is intriguing. The Telegraph over the weekend reported that U.K.-based tech company Intelligent Energy has invented a new type of smartphone battery that runs …
This is what your phone’s battery looks like when it overheats
What does your smartphone’s battery look like when it overheats? A little bit scary, as a new video posted by University College London shows. The …
Elon Musk is not impressed with Stanford’s amazing new battery that fully charges in 1 minute
If there’s one common complaint shared across Android and iPhone users it’s that battery life could always stand to be better. Though there have been …
One company may have finally solved the smartphone battery life problem
No matter how advanced our gadgets get from year to year, the fact remains that battery technology isn’t able to keep up. Just look at …
The ‘Holy Grail’ of batteries might double your smartphone’s battery life
Researchers from Stanford including former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Nobel laureate Steve Chu are currently working on “fixing” lithium-ion batteries in order to offer …
Breakthrough in solar cell tech paves the way for cheaper access to the sun’s power
Two scientists from the University of Toronto have figured out a way to create cheaper, lighter and more flexible solar cells, CNET reports, which could …
Researchers charge batteries three times faster with incredible new tech
Researchers from the University of Tokyo in cooperation with the University of Kyoto and Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science are studying a new technology …
