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 …
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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 …
Video: Check out this credit card-sized battery for iPhone, Android
The LithiumCard isn’t the only credit card-sized battery for mobile devices seeking crowd-funding, as there’s also a TravelCard project that offers iPhone and Android smartphones …
Video: This credit card-sized battery can ‘hypercharge’ your smartphone
LinearFlux on Thursday launched its Indiegogo funding campaign for a very interesting external battery charger project for mobile devices – the LithiumCard, “the world’s only …
Battery breakthrough using crushed silicon could triple the power in our gadgets
As nice as razor-thin gadgets with incredibly dense screens are, battery tech hasn’t really evolved much in the last decade. While software optimizations can be …
Meet the new spray-on battery that comes in a can
Scientific American reports that a team of scientists from Rice University in Houston and the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium have been working on a …
Chrysler announces industry-first in-vehicle wireless charging system
Chrysler’s Mopar division plans to become the first car manufacturer to eliminate power cords from cars. The company on Monday announced its new in-vehicle wireless …
Leaked iPad 3 parts suggest larger battery, 4G LTE, and Retina Display in same form factor as iPad 2
The next-generation iPad will feature a larger battery and a new camera, according to RepairLabs. The website obtained what it claims to be the rear …
Another Nokia Lumia 800 battery update coming in two weeks
Nokia said on Twitter Wednesday that a second software update will roll out to Lumia 800 devices over the next two weeks. It is largely …
Samsung promises all-day battery life from new smartphones in 2012
Samsung understands that battery life is a big problem when it comes to smartphones. The company is looking to fix that, however, promising that all …
Next-gen iPad may feature double the battery capacity of iPad 2
Apple will launch a new high-end iPad model in early 2012 featuring a battery that includes more than twice the capacity of the current iPad …
Nokia to issue Lumia 800 battery fix early next year
Nokia’s European support team has issued an official statement to those who have a Lumia 800 with poor battery life. “We immediately started to investigate …
Batteries that charge 10x faster and last 10x longer just 5-years out, scientists say
Fat battery pack accessories may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at Northwestern University are tweaking lithium-ion batteries to last 10 times longer …
Apple seeds iOS 5.0.1 beta to end users to test battery life improvements
Apple has already released two beta versions of its iOS 5.0.1 software to developers, but now it is beginning to seed the software update to several …
iPhone 4S battery drain could be result of time zone bug
We have seen a number of reports suggesting that the Apple iPhone 4S has a software bug that has resulted in poor battery life. iDownloadBlog …
iFixit reveals inner workings of iPhone 4S in new teardown
The crew at iFixit has given the iPhone 4S its proper tear-down, revealing the phone’s inner workings and hardware. iFixit noticed that the battery offers …
Details on new battery suggest thinner, lighter iPad 3 design
Apple has secured Simplo Technology Co. and Dynapack International Technology Corp. to supply battery packs for the vendor’s upcoming iPad 3 tablet, Taiwan Economic News …
Apple laptops can be hacked to self-destruct; flaw to be detailed by hacker next month
How’s this for an undocumented feature? Apple’s newer MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks have a security flaw that can allow hackers to remotely …
