Research Breakthrough Could Mean 40-Hour Laptop Batteries
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Imagine running your laptop nonstop from New York to Tokyo -- crunch some numbers, work on a memo pop in a few DVDs -- and then do a full day of meetings, using your machine throughout the day and into the night. Imagine doing all of this without ever plugging in your computer to recharge its battery.
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Scientists create a tiny engine that could become a power source for future nano-scale devices.
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A cache of flash in a new Samsung notebook hard-drive series will halve boot times and slash power usage, giving battery life a nice bump, the company says. In Gadget Lab. In Gadget Lab.
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New battery a welcome addition to the market after recall costs laptop manufacturers millions.
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Its memory-chip breakthrough could lead to new products.
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SCIENTISTS have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead.   In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone orlaptop computer without wires or cables.
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Battery making start-up Boston Power is more than tripling production of its Sonata laptop battery, a device that offers faster charging and longer life than conventional lithium-ion batteries, it is due to announce Thursday.
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BOSTON | Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers made a 60-watt light bulb glow by sending it energy wirelessly - from a device 7 feet away - potentially heralding a future in which cell phones and other gadgets get juice without having to be plugged in.
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A new type of memory could soon be available to device makers.
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Mobile phone users left talking to themselves when their battery runs out in the middle of a call could soon see an end to their frustration as scientists perfect a way to recharge electrical equipment while on the move.
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Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., which recalled nearly 6 million notebook batteries between them this month, are among PC makers planning to meet next month to discuss setting design and safety standards for lithium-ion batteries used in portable electronic devices.
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A new carbon-based nanoscale material could be used to make ultrafast computers.
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In an advance that could lead to lighter spacecraft and smarter cars, researchers have developed a new technique for producing a high-quality computer chip that is much more resistant to extreme conditions than the silicon found in most of today&#39;s
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Nanowires put more power in smaller packages, researcher reports.
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British researchers warn that the proliferation of power-hungry devices is demanding more energy.
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InfoWorld - IBM researchers are counting on a 40-year-old technology to keep modern, state-of-the-art datacenters running cool and allow companies to squeeze more computing power from the electricity they consume.
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MIT researchers have developed a new ultralow-voltage chip that could improve the energy efficiency of low-power electronics tenfold.