This week ARPA-E announced it is funding General Atomics to build a flow battery using well-known, and cheap, lead acid chemistry.
It plans to invest the proceeds in lithium ion battery production as well as auto parts and solar cell projects.
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" What sells this stuff is the inescapable feeling that Young really does think the humble battery is, well, "awesome.
Featuring a Starter Mode with helpful widgets, a smooth, simplified user interface and a long-lasting battery, as well as a Standard Mode with five customizable home screens, Lucid2 offers a more personalized experience that can be easily tailored to any user's preferences.
Adding cape plug-in boards to the popular and expandable BeagleBone computer that is used as a development kit allows hobbyists and developers to quickly and easily augment BeagleBone's capabilities with LCD screens, motor control and battery power as well as the ability to create their own circuits.
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The Nikkei article also mentions improvements in WiFi transfers and battery life, as well as a new vibration function.
Most of the government-backed battery factories are operating well below their production capacity.
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Founded in November 2008, Groupon has investments from venture capital firms such as Lightbank, Andreessen Horowitz and Battery Ventures, as well as Russian Internet investment firm Digital Sky Technologies.
It also features micro USB charging, backlit LCD screen and a 5200mAh (6 hour rated) rechargeable battery that can power connected USB devices as well as serving as a backup battery for iPads.
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From what we understand, the device was 30GB and expected to actually hit 60GB with a 30 hour battery life, as well as having the kind of support we all came to know and love from Rio players, like OGG, FLAC, WMA, PlaysForSure, and eventually even Audible.
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For consumers, IntelliBright means clearer, more vivid images in bright lighting conditions as well as longer battery life.
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But Page made reference to upcoming opportunities in unbreakable displays as well as improved battery life, as opportunities for Motorola Mobility.
That means the battery can be removed as well, right?
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Instead, we got a look at a pair of Nyko speaker stands for the PlayStation Vita and the Kindle Fire, as well as a battery powered case for Amazon's slate.
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It is funding Perry's project at United Technologies, as well as other flow battery concepts and other storage devices.
The fuel-cell on a chip is coming along fast and could well replace the rechargeable battery within a decade.
The battery lasts up to 6 months, and it is possible to monitor the battery status of the fobs as well.
They also found two kitchen timer units, two toggle switches attached to the timers in a plastic lunch-type box and a vehicle battery in the front passenger foot well.
Continuing down is the familiar Xbox 360 quadrant, which lets you know which controller the base is currently paired to for voice chat (it supports up to four Warheads), as well as if the battery is low or if it's searching for a headset.
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The same document lists a 5600mAh battery for the tablet itself, as well as a model number: RZ09-0093.
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Social media, as well as more traditional, battery driven radios kept people in the flood zone in touch with up-to-date information and support.
PS3 is a litmus test for Sir Howard's turnaround effort, one of the aims of which is to get Sony's various divisions to co-operate more fully. (A spat between its electronics and content units left the field open for Apple's iPod.) The company insists that despite recent problems such as the battery recall, the turnaround is going well behind the scenes.
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Many of the other commands are scaleable as well, including power operation and battery charging.
Well, it's a battery-free capacitive and pressure-sensitive plastic pointing stick that's built upon Wacom technology.
But the question is how well will the 2, 020mAh battery last under that super dense LCD and high-end processor?
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Much like ultrabooks, Centrino processors promised better battery life and overall improved performance, as well as more integrated wireless connectivity.
Additionally, it enjoys a 5MP rear camera and VGA front-facing cam, as well as a 1, 950mAh battery and WiFi Direct support.
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The two are also well matched when it comes to battery life: the difference in runtime is only about 20 minutes.
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Furthermore, the whole back flips open to expose the 1, 050mAh battery (same as before), as well as the microSD card (a 4GB unit included is in the box).
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To have a fully flexible finished product, both parts of the display have to be flexible - the optical frontplane and the backplane, where transistors are - as well as the device's battery, the outer shell, the touchscreen and other components.
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