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The BlackBerry Bold was launched in Japan at the start of 2009

RIM rules out battery flaw with Blackberry Bold

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Canada's Research In Motion said Friday it has ruled out faulty batteries as the likely cause of keyboards heating up during recharging of its BlackBerry Bold smart phones sold in Japan.





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Metal air battery

Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion

Technology / Energy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (51) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...


Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Technology / Energy

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are ...


Liquid Battery

Liquid Battery Offers Promising Solar Energy Storage Technique

Technology / Energy

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (39) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest challenges currently facing large-scale solar energy technology is finding an effective way to store the energy, which is essential for using the electricity at night or ...


New battery material could lead to rapid recharging of many devices

New battery material could lead to rapid recharging of many devices

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries ...


ONR battery technology extends life of bomb disposal robots

New battery technology extends life of bomb disposal robots

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Safe removal of roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is critical in hostile environments. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) crews often rely on remotely operated robots to disarm explosives ...


Charging car batteries

Improving Plug-In Electric Cars

Technology / Energy

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 8

One of the issues that comes with plug-in autos, whether they are hybrid or straight-up electric, is the ability to charge the battery. It can be difficult to charge batteries on the go, and it can take hour ...


Flexible battery power

Chemistry /

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 0

A paper-like, polymer based rechargeable battery has been made by Japanese scientists. The news is reported in the latest edition of The Royal Society of Chemistry journal Chemical Communications.


Freescale i.MX515 Processor

Intel May Be Facing Competition in the Netbook Processor Arena

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Right now Intel dominates the netbook market with its Atom processors which can be found in netbooks costing around $299. This may all change with the introduction of Freescale's i.MX515 processor ...


Argonne advanced battery research driving to displace gasoline

Argonne advanced battery research driving to displace gasoline (w/ Video)

Technology / Energy

created 17 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- In excess of seven million barrels of gasoline are consumed by vehicles in the United States every day. As scientists race to find environmentally sound solutions to fuel the world’s ever-growing ...


The Apple iPhone

Apple denies battery problem with exploding iPhones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

US technology giant Apple on Friday rejected reports that overheating batteries had caused some of its iPhone devices to explode in users' hands, blaming incidents in France on "external pressure".



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