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Researchers Use Carbon-Air Battery in Breakthrough for Next-Generation Storage Systems
Researchers at a Japanese institute say they have found a way to make renewable energy more efficient. It is called “carbon/air secondary battery (CASB)” and comprises a solid-oxide fuel and electrolysis cell (SOFC/ECs) where carbon generated via electrolysis of carbon dioxide (CO2) is oxidised with air to produce energy
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Back to School: 8 Great Gifts for College Students
The academic season is about to get started soon. If you're looking to gift a tech product, we've got ideas.
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Trashed Laptop Batteries to Power Homes
The prototypes come at an average cost of Rs 600, the team found, including an enclosure, the electronics, an LED light bulb and a mobile charger.
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Bye-bye batteries: Radio waves as a low-power source
Matt Reynolds, an assistant professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Duke University, wears other hats, too -- including that of co-founder of two companies. These days, his interest is in a real hat now in prototype: a hard hat with a tiny microprocessor and beeper that sound a warning when dangerous equipment is nearby o...
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BMW offers preview of battery powered car
BMW lifted the veil this week on its planned battery-powered car, in an indication that it is serious about building a new class of vehicle and delivering substantial numbers to showrooms by 2013. BMW, the German carmaker, created Project i in late 2007 with the goal of building a car for urban areas where more than half the world's people live. Bu...
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Researchers Use Carbon-Air Battery in Breakthrough for Next-Generation Storage Systems
Researchers at a Japanese institute say they have found a way to make renewable energy more efficient. It is called “carbon/air secondary battery (CASB)” and comprises a solid-oxide fuel and electrolysis cell (SOFC/ECs) where carbon generated via electrolysis of carbon dioxide (CO2) is oxidised with air to produce energy
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Back to School: 8 Great Gifts for College Students
The academic season is about to get started soon. If you're looking to gift a tech product, we've got ideas.
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Trashed Laptop Batteries to Power Homes
The prototypes come at an average cost of Rs 600, the team found, including an enclosure, the electronics, an LED light bulb and a mobile charger.
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Bye-bye batteries: Radio waves as a low-power source
Matt Reynolds, an assistant professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Duke University, wears other hats, too -- including that of co-founder of two companies. These days, his interest is in a real hat now in prototype: a hard hat with a tiny microprocessor and beeper that sound a warning when dangerous equipment is nearby o...
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BMW offers preview of battery powered car
BMW lifted the veil this week on its planned battery-powered car, in an indication that it is serious about building a new class of vehicle and delivering substantial numbers to showrooms by 2013. BMW, the German carmaker, created Project i in late 2007 with the goal of building a car for urban areas where more than half the world's people live. Bu...
