How about recharging your laptop battery with your feet?

I don’t think are many who wouldn’t agree that plugging yourself or to be more precise your laptop into a wall on a regular basis is not ideal, not these days when we have the technology as they say.
Now here’s an interesting idea. How about recharging your laptop battery with your feet? No kidding! ...Read more

  You Can Do Like This to Recondite Your Dell Laptop Battery

Laptop batteries normally offer a predetermined number of charging cycles and are continuously losing a minute portion of their charge. As a lithium-ion battery sits unused inside a computer, running off the AC adapter, the computer heats up. The hotter it gets the more quickly the battery discharges. If the battery remains inside the laptop while ...Read more

  Things to Consider When Buying Battery Charger.

When it comes to selecting a laptop battery charger, there are several options available that it could be threatening to select among them. Following are some general rules would guarantee that you select a laptop battery charger, which would meet your requirements and offer your top excellence service for years to come. A classic battery charger could ...Read more

  Will secondary batteries replace primaries?

Consumer market put aside, the largest users of primary (non-rechargeable) batteries are the military, specialty emergency services and forest fire fighters. High energy density, long storage and operational readiness are among their strong attributes. No charging and priming is required before use. Logistic is simple and battery power can be made available at remote locations that are unmanned and have no electrical power. Disposal is easy because ...Read more

  How to prolong lithium-based batteries

Battery research is focusing heavily on lithium chemistries, so much so that one could presume that all portable devices will be powered with lithium-ion batteries in the future. In many ways, lithium-ion is superior to nickel and lead-based chemistries and the applications for lithium-ion batteries are growing as a result.
Lithium-ion has not yet fully matured and is being improved continuously. New metal and chemical combinations are being tried every six months to increase energy density and ...Read more

  Battered by battery news

A lot of chemical investments going on for next generation alternative energy storage (specifically lithium ion), which could accelerate the use of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles in the near future.
Just this week, BASF announced its plans to build North America's largest cathode material production plant in Ohio as soon as it gets a grant under the Department of Energy's Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and ...Read more

  2010: The Year of the Tablet

Publishers made 2009 the year of the concept newspaper and magazine. Time Inc. teamed up with a design company, the Wonder Factory, to create a fun concept video of the Sports Illustrated of the future. Then there was another concept video from the Bonnier Group, a Swedish media company, which went a step further and moved the words and images off a screen and onto a table, allowing you to flick, drag and scroll in thin air..
There is, however, one problem with all of these wonderful and creative mock-ups: After you watch the videos and ...Read more

  Battery Care Manages Laptop Batteries

Windows only software Battery Care helps the user manage laptop batteries in a better way by providing detailed information and advanced functionality that the operating system does not offer. The program is compatible with most Microsoft operating systems including the soon to be released Windows 7. Basic details are provided in the applications main window. This includes the remaining battery capacity, the remaining battery time, the battery status, battery charge cycles and the cpu temperature of the laptop. Read More....