Engineers have spent decades trying to build a significantly better battery for laptop and tablet computers.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 5, 2015
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The first large-scale study of smartphones in everyday use by consumers has revealed that apps drain 28.9 percent of battery power while the screen is off. To address the problem, researchers have created a software tool ...
Software
Sep 10, 2015
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Samsung is juicing up its smartwatch with a circular face and more battery life than the Apple Watch, but it's unknown how many apps will be available for it.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 31, 2015
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While our gadgets these days are constantly getting smaller and more powerful, the development of commercial batteries both small enough and with sufficient capacity to feed their power-hungry demands has not quite kept pace.
Nanomaterials
Aug 11, 2015
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Whether you're tracking your steps, monitoring your health or sending photos from a smart watch, you want the battery life of your wearable device to last as long as possible. If the power necessary to transmit and receive ...
Telecom
Jul 23, 2015
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As much as I wish the Apple Watch could do more, I find it the best smartwatch available, given its polished design and wide range of apps.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 24, 2015
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When working on a unique lithium-germanide battery with colleagues from the National University of Singapore, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory encountered a catch-22: They knew an exciting reaction was ...
Materials Science
Jun 18, 2015
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Here are a few things you can do to make your lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries last longer, whether they be used in an electric car, a large home installation – such as Tesla's newly announced Powerwall – or in your portable ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 3, 2015
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From the moment I took it out of the box, Apple's new MacBook looked and felt like an iPad.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 9, 2015
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There's no such thing as free - especially with smartphone apps, according to a new study.
Software
Apr 1, 2015
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