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Startup gives boost to electric cars: 'vending machines for electricity'

Technology / Energy

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Richard Lowenthal used to worry about the electric-auto industry's chicken-and-egg question: Which will come first, the chargers or the cars?





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Shuttle nears space station, docking scheduled (AP)

Shuttle docks at space station, unloads parts (Update 2)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost ...


Nokia said some of the chargers could cause an electrical shock and would be replaced for free

Nokia recalls millions of dangerous chargers

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, issued on Monday a global recall for 14 million faulty chargers made by a subcontractor this year.


Member of NFL Hall of Fame diagnosed with degenerative brain disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a recently deceased member of the NFL Hall of Fame suffered from the degenerative brain disease ...


Charge your cell phone using light, courtesy SunCore

Charge your cell phone using light, courtesy SunCore

Technology / Energy

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 2

SunCore is a little known Irvine, Calif.-based company that's on the cusp of shipping some potentially revolutionary technology.


An international trade group representing wireless device makers is backing a drive to standardize audio and USB plugs

Mobile device makers want common earphone plugs

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An international trade group representing wireless device makers has announced it was backing a drive to standardize audio and USB plugs for laptops and other mobile gadgets.


Review: Wireless charging lets you cut the cords (AP)

Review: Wireless charging lets you cut the cords

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(AP) -- It's a pain to keep track of the chargers that go with cell phones, media players and other small electronics. It's even more annoying to stuff multiple power cords and adapters in your bag when you ...


Taiwanese researchers have revealed that they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers

Taiwan unveils hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers

Technology / Energy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers, in a development that could boost the island's efforts to become a player in green technologies.


Gadgets: Good earphones, good price

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Ultrasone announced a new set of headphones called the Zino. Just like anyone else, I plugged them into my iPod and hit play before I knew any specifics on them. From then on, I didn't want to take them off.


Kodak Solar Charger

Harness power of the sun with solar gadgets

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the past, if you wanted a solar-powered gadget, you typically had to shell out a lot of cash for something made by a company you'd never heard of. But that's starting to change, as major brands such as ...


Some NFL teams clamp down on tweets (AP)

Some NFL teams clamp down on tweets

Technology / Internet

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The only tweets during the Miami Dolphins scrimmage Saturday will come from the officials' whistles.



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