Battery efficiency, lifespan and even safety could be vastly improved, the researchers believe, by increasing the surface area of the active materials that make up the battery electrodes.
The Smart Actions app helps automate everyday tasks and optimizes battery efficiency by letting customers create rules, such as automatically setting the phone to vibrate during work hours or dimming the display at a specific battery level.
That said, we have a feeling that Snapdragon's Krait architecture and asynchronously clocked cores will again prove that Tegra 3's 4-PLUS-1 design isn't the best solution for battery efficiency -- as many of you might already know.
The product is based on Intel's leading-edge 22nm process and an entirely new Atom microarchitecture that will help enable increased smartphone performance, power efficiency and battery life.
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Higher-quality electrolytes can enhance battery performance by improving the efficiency of transporting electronic charges inside batteries.
"The Nissan LEAF has an advantage in that braking force is used to re-power the battery, thereby improving its energy efficiency, " said Castignetti.
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The result: Nvidia claims its Tegra processors get as much as 10 times the power efficiency of existing products in battery-operated gadgets running applications such as games and video.
In addition to the higher battery capacity clear improvements have been made to the efficiency of the drive system, resulting in a greater range.
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A123 expects this to lower cost, reduce weight and improve reliability, providing automakers with a cost-effective solution that A123 believes will increases efficiency and minimize system complexity without sacrificing vehicle performance, battery life or driving range.
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Smart power efficiency automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen to the surroundings to conserve battery life.
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