It even gets credit for inventing technologies like ion implantation and solar panels which have very little to do with telecommunications.
But Toyota and other automakers like lithium ion because they can get at least twice the horsepower per pound from the battery.
This is Sony's latest flagship, after all, and like the Ion before it, it boasts a 1, 280 x 720 HD Reality TFT LCD display.
Like the iON Air Pro series, the iON Adventure is ultra-lightweight, weighing in at just 4.2 ounces, and fully compatible with the iON PODZTM accessory system.
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Now new entrants, like the Ion Torrent sequencing technology owned by Life Technology and the new types of sequencers being developed by Oxford Nanopore are fomenting more competition and driving costs down even further.
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There are currently 28 channels available over-the-air in New York City, including major networks, subchannels and specialty channels like NYCTV and iON.
At the recent Advances in Genome Biology and Technology in Marco Island, Florida, the focus was on the new, low-end machines like MiSeq and the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine, which was the subject of this Forbes cover story.
Not much, admittedly, when compared to the 128 watt-hours per kilogram of a lithium-ion battery, like that found in many electric cars.
Like the Aura, the Ion and the forthcoming small cars will be based on cars developed and sold in Europe by GM's Opel division.
Then again nothing generates hype like a horse race, and Ion Torrent has no qualms about pushing that envelope.
In the meantime Toshiba has just announced a new Lithium Ion battery that recharges something like 60 times faster than current batteries.
Since the 1500 mAh Li-ion battery is replaceable, I'd like to think we'll see more capable aftermarket options arriving shortly.
And a couple of future cars, like the mid-sized Aura and the replacement for the current Ion, look wonderful, both inside and out.
Johnson Controls is also increasing its production capacity of advanced battery types like Absorbent Glass Mat that power start-stop vehicles and Li-ion that power hybrid and electric vehicles.
Ion's also kindly included a little rubber orthotic insert for smaller devices like the iPod touch.
He was an experienced developer coming from Kuju, Ion Storm, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos, where he had worked on game franchises like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex.
Ford calls C-MAX Energi a "hybrid-plus" because it not only operates just like C-MAX Hybrid, but also features an external charge port and larger lithium-ion battery pack so owners can plug in the vehicles to fully charge the battery using either a standard 120-volt outlet or the available 240-volt charge station.
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