For all the talk of wanting improved battery life, the limits of technology (and mangling background tasks in the Operating System) mean it is unlikely that current battery technology or programming techniques will lead to any significant increase in battery life in the current physical space given over to the battery.
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In a quartz watch a battery runs current through a synthetic quartz crystal, which vibrates at 32, 600 beats per second.
An inverter converts the direct current from the battery into the alternating current for feeding the grid.
These devices transform the direct current generated by a solar panel or electric car battery into the alternating current you expect from a wall socket.
All the destinations that can be reached with the current battery charge are displayed.
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Maybe the real question is if Time Warner can survive until then with its current battery of caretaker managers.
That could mean ruling out NFC chips until they mature further and are more battery friendly than current versions.
One result: cool-running laptops with twice the battery life of current models.
If 10% of the world's automotive production switches to plug-in, we'll need to at least double the world's current lithium battery output.
Hypothetically speaking, body panels already used on a vehicle could be treated with the battery-like spray paint potentially replacing, or at least reducing, the size of bulky battery packs used on current hybrids and electric vehicles.
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In this way, it is possible to check the current charge status of the lithium-ion battery or to verify the vehicle's current range on a map.
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The current generation of battery technology can charge at this rate.
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The increased speed of 802.11ac technology is ideal for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets by providing three times the performance for a similar amount of battery consumption of devices using the current 802.11n WiFi standard.
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The increased speed of 802.11ac technology is ideal for mobile devices, like smartphones and tablets, by providing up to three times the performance for a similar amount of battery consumption of devices utilizing the current 802.11n WiFi standard.
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There's a meter tab that gives you a great view of what the current status of CPU, Battery Life, Memory Storage and Memory program.
This molecular mouthful has the rare ability among solvents of being able both to dissolve cellulose and to act as an electrolyte that is, a chemical that can carry current between the electrodes of a battery in the form of charged molecules, or ions.
Not only does this new battery technology create a more efficient process five times more efficient than current systems, Lin Wang says it reduces the amount of size and weight of the resulting battery, making it even more portable and easy to incorporate into all manner of devices.
Such a device could be yet thinner than the current Air and have an even longer battery life.
In the meantime Toshiba has just announced a new Lithium Ion battery that recharges something like 60 times faster than current batteries.
Where we crave sweeping transformation, however, all the current bill offers is those pilot programs, a battery of small-scale experiments.
Cellphones, for instance, rely on chips to detect battery levels and coordinate responses, such as shutting off the electric current when full.
Every major automaker has skin in the electric vehicle game, so the current National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into Chevy Volt battery fires potentially threatens the whole industry, not just Chevrolet and its parent, General Motors.
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The Karma battery can be recharged in less than six hours using the same 240v household current that powers many major home appliances.
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Current regenerative braking systems use an alternator or electric motor connected to a battery pack.
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One is the extremely high resolution on the current large iPad, which would have boosted the cost and lowered the battery life of the Mini.
Droplet is a compact self-contained module with an integrated RGB LED, a photodiode and a CR1216 lithium coin battery -- which provides roughly one day of power in the gadget's current early prototype status.
While the car is on the move, the electric drive itself contributes to a favourable energy balance through recuperation, by converting kinetic energy into electric current in deceleration mode and during braking and feeding this energy into the battery.
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If you're still with us, this PMP also sports a couple of flip-out mouse-ear speakers for use in a pinch, TV-out, AV-in, MP3 and WMA playback support, FM tuner with recorder functionality, and about 3 hours of video playback on battery which is about as good as it gets in a smaller package than both the current iPod and Zen Vision:M.
The battery-operated device is switched on when the diver or surfer enters the water and the electrical current is generated continuously.
He said the new platform will deliver up to two times the performance benefits over Intel's current-generation solution (Intel Atom processor Z2460 platform), while also offering competitive power and battery life.
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