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Top 5 Gaming Systems of 2014
2014 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year when it comes to gaming, and the competition is fiercer than ever. Not only have some of the biggest companies released their flagship consoles at similar times, they are also looking to pull away fans from opposing gaming systems with similar game titles, specs, software upgrades, and other features. 1. Xbox One... -
Electric Car Company Makes Plans for Multi-Billion Dollar Battery Factory
Tesla Motors, Inc. announced plans to build a $5 billion battery factory that will power its line of popular zero-emissions electric automobiles well into the next decade. However, the company, based in Palo Alto, California, shocked in-state politicians and workers by insisting that the new plant will not be built in the Golden State. Shares of Tesla hit a new... -
Batteries Not Required in Medical Devices of the Future?
There is the potential to never need batteries in medical devices ever again. A study has recently been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences discussing how tiny "nanogenerators" have been implanted into different equipment that require batteries to run. These "nanogenerators," which are polymer-based, take the energy that is created by a person's beating heart and converts it... -
Batteries and Airline Safety
New Airline Warnings If you've flown in the past year or two, you may have noticed that one of the new airline safety warnings many airlines are issuing concern over is the presence of lithium ion batteries. Numerous airlines instruct passengers not to leave loose lithium batteries in their luggage. So, just how much of an airline safety threat are... -
Are Edible Batteries the Future of Bio-Medical Gadgets?
One of the iconic scenes from science fiction may be coming to a pharmacist in your near future, thanks to the ink of a cuttlefish. Current technology allows implantable electronic devices - insulin pumps and pacemakers are good examples - that have to be surgically implanted. Their power supplies are also optimized for energy density and are made up of... -
How Sweet It Is: Sugar Powered Batteries
Scientists at Virginia Tech have announced a new form of battery in development that is powered by, believe it or not, sugar. This new battery may solve many problems traditionally associated with batteries such as inefficiency, waste production, and general cost of use. It is also possible that these batteries could be widely used in households within just a few...
