This Mobile Phone Works Without A Battery - No More Low Power Woes
Mobile phone battery life sucks. Just look at the surge in battery pack sales. Well, the University of Washington have noticed this and proposed a new alternative - getting rid of batteries altogether.
EE is giving all customers a portable charger
Disappointed about the loss of your Wednesday weekly cinema offer? Hopefully EE can soften the blow by offering all of their customers a free portable charger, which you can walk into store and pick up from Thursday 16th April.
You Could Soon Charge Your Gadgets Through Touch Alone With ‘Power Felt’
Imagine being able to charge your energy-sapping smartphone simply by holding it in your palm. Sound implausible? Not according to a team of researchers at Wake Forest University’s Centre for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. Led by Professor David Carroll, they’ve developed a new material, named ‘Power Felt’, that can convert wasted body heat into an electrical current.
Android Apps Could Be 2x More Power Efficient Without Ads
75% of in-app battery deplition on Android is caused by background data acquisition and the serving of targeted ads. This was the slightly disconcerting discovery made by a team of researchers from Purdue University and Microsoft.
Scientists Turn Live Snail Into A Battery
A team of researchers from Clarkson University, New York and Ben-Gurion University, Israel have turned a snail into a cybernetic power generator. Probably one of the more rapid-moving stories involving such a creature.
After five years, Apple recalls 1st gen iPod nano
So you know that plastic iPod Nano you probably have stashed away in a drawer somewhere? Maybe it's buried on a shelf somewhere or underneath the bed (that's where I found mine). Turns out they could pose a fire hazard, and Apple want to replace it for you, for free.