Lewis Urry, alkaline battery inventor dies
26815
Lewis Urry, the man who put the power in the Energizer Bunny&#39;s long-lasting alkaline battery, died in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, after a short illness.
737415
Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb, a pioneer in surgery to implant artificial heart pumps in children, died of an apparent suicide over the weekend at the age of 45, hospital officials said Monday.
448567
Dave Hermance, who led Toyota's hybrid research in the U.S., was killed Saturday in a plane crash.  In Autopia.
510334
Hybrid Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: HYBT) www.hybridtechnologies.com, emerging leaders in the development and marketing of lithium powered products worldwide, are honored to note that as part of President George W.
73280
Investor's Business Daily - Nanotechnology may soon improve battery life, according to Stanford researchers, who demonstrated how it can make lithium batteries -- popularly used to power iPods, laptops and cell phones -- last 10 times longer. The new method using silicon nanowires could yield an option for electric cars or solar panels to store more electricity. The researchers said the lab technique could be scaled up for mass production and are considering forming a company or agreement with a battery manufacturer.
586616
Thomas O. Pyle, who built the Harvard Community Health Plan into one of the nationâs largest and most innovative health care providers, died Wednesday.
604585
Inventor Robert Adler died recently at 93. But his most famous invention, the first successful clicker, will live long after him.
754869
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man who lived more than five months with an artificial heart has died of multiple organ failure, the heart manufacturer said today.
408429
By News Sentinel staff  A noted scientist and former director of the University of Tennessee's McClung Museum died Tuesday of complications from a stroke.  Dr. Paul W.
516209
Investor's Business Daily - A few years ago, a cell phone could go three days without a battery recharge. Today, it's up to a week -- and climbing, says C.H. Chen, chief executive of chipmaker Diodes.
43389
HOUSTON -- Maxime A. Faget, a pioneering NASA engineer who designed the original spacecraft for Project Mercury and whose work helped create every human spacecraft the agency has launched since, has died.
619960
The founder of Seagate Technologies died on Tuesday following complications from heart surgery.
656725
Those oh-so-useful lithium batteries can be dangerous; here's what you need to know.
114060
Bob Mitinger, a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s, died at 64.
255618
Blog: Altair, manufacturer of lithium ion batteries, plans to make home electrical storage units.
317118
Magazine photojournalist Carl Mydans,  a pioneer of photo essays at Life magazine in the 1930s, has  died at age 97.
158908
Harold Zinkin, the inventor of the widely used Universal Gym machines and a pioneer of modern bodybuilding, has died at age 82, his friends said on Thursday.