Hewlett Packard Laptop Recall

China-made laptop battery caused trouble for HP and made them recall Laptop Batteries after it was found they had the tendency to overheat. It’s important to note, however, that this was not the result of any specific incident. The affected battery packs were distributed worldwide in a few notebook computers manufactured between August 2007 and [...]

More than ever battery life!

Introducing new Macbook from Apple, to feature 10 Hr battery life. Something which was a dream to all users especially to those who always traveled a lot and needed to recharge their laptop battery so often. But thanks to Apple’s “polycarbonate unibody  built-in battery”, we can go further with a single charge, up to 10 [...]

More efficient power tool battery

In the past 20 years, power tool manufacturers have come very long way in making cordless tools smaller, lighter, more powerful and last but not least more durable. Much of this focus has been on the power tool batteries that power these tools naturally, experimenting with new technologies. By understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each [...]

Why The World Needs Battery Recycling?

In today’s world batteries are a type of alternate energy that we use. Many individuals consider batteries as waste and in fact throw them away in the general dustbin. However, this very dangerous, because batteries have a heavy metals that are toxic, like alkaline, nickel metal hydride, nickel cadmium and lead acid. These heavy metals, [...]

Laptop battery exhaustion!

Laptop batteries are not something that most people think about as they are using the laptop. However, it is a common experience to find that the screen suddenly goes dark and you realise that you have exhausted the battery. Luckily, the answer is just to plug in the charger and carry on, and with any [...]

What causes laptop batteries to overheat?

Dell and Apple Computer announced large recalls of laptop batteries in the summer of 2006, followed by Toshiba and Lenovo. Under the right circumstances, these batteries could overheat, potentially causing burns, an explosion or a fire. To understand why that happened, it’s helpful to know a little bit about how batteries work. Batteries have a [...]

MIT researchers print solar cell on paper

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully coated paper with a solar cell, part of a suite of research projects aimed at energy breakthroughs. However, the technique, in which paper is coated with organic semiconductor material using a process similar to an inkjet printer, is a promising way to lower the weight of [...]

Longer Cellphone Battery Life, Intel’s New Processor

As noted by xIntelecom, An Atom-based platform, known as ‘Moorestown’, has been announced by the firm, promising to significantly reduce power usage in idle modes, for audio and for rich multimedia situations. “Through ‘Moorestown’, Intel is scaling the benefits of Intel Architecture while significantly reducing the power, cost and footprint to better address handheld market segments. [...]

Tips For Using The Camcorder Battery Pack

Your camcorder battery has to be properly used and well maintained so that you can enjoy a maximum long life span of it. In fact, when you take good care of your battery, its long life is guaranteed. You should note, that the battery life is shorter in a cold environment. Therefore if you are [...]

Laptop Battery Tests

Laptop battery have a relatively short service life and are really expensive to replace. There is almost no remedy to restore the capacity of the laptop battery one it is worn out. Though the actual life of a laptop battery depends on the usage habit of the laptop computer, most of the laptop users often [...]