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Australian postal service bans lithium battery air lifts

Australian postal service bans lithium battery air liftsI'm sick and tired of all the snakes, er, Lions on this plane!Weird, as it is [i]very unusual[/i] for the Austrailian government to wildly [b]overreact[/b] to things.I'm glad I don't drive a Prius...Amusingly, do a web search for "Prius customer". The very...

Tags: Engineering, lithium battery, battery

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Lithium Battery Analysis: Probability of Failure Assessment Using Logistic Regression

Fourteen-hundred rows by 53 columns of vendor cell acceptance data were processed though Logistic Regression using SAS Enterprise Miner EM to find any significant correlation between 52 test output parameters independent variables and the pass/fail outcome for each of the 1,400 battery cells tested. The goal was to find helpful...

Tags: Lithium Battery, SAS Institute, Cell

White papers 2008-03-13

New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008

New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008Don't forget to pack the these essentials...o Nokia usb cable (CA-70) cell phone power adapter for your N800 and N95o Linksys USB 2.0 EtherNet Network Adaptoro Asus WL-530G 802.11 b/g mobile travel wireless routero Power Inverter 175Watto Portable Nuclear...

Tags: Engineering, battery, lithium battery, January 2008

Discussion threads 2007-12-29

New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008

I'm starting to think about what to pack for CES in Vegas and also have a few trips to Alaska planned for the early Spring. I just spotted some news on GottaBeMobile that is going to have an impact on how I pack for these upcoming trips. According to the...

Tags: Gram, Lithium, Battery, Lithium Battery, Engineering, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-12-28

Energizer Energi To Go (Samsung)

If you're a road warrior who's on the go constantly, there's a good chance you won't always be near a wall socket or in your car when your phone's battery begins to peter out. While several manufacturers have answered this need with a variety of emergency cell phone chargers, the...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., battery, Energizer, telephone, Energi, lithium battery

Product reviews 2006-09-23

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GoPro Motorsports HD Hero

GoPro had a hit on its hands with the first-generation GoPro Hero. The small camera combined decent video quality and rugged reliability in a small package that was easy to use in action-based scenarios. However, the Hero wasn't without its flaws. Finicky battery choices that often cut recording sessions short...

Tags: Corporate communications, Engineering, battery, video, camera

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Solar powered airplane: ready for take-off?

RE: Solar powered airplane: ready for take-off?the other specification of it is Four elecric motors will power this air plane and the motors get their juice from an array of lithium polymer battery cells which are charged by the high efficiency solar cells on the wings and stabilizercan this thing...

Tags: Solar Powered

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Hacker scores by posting East Anglia global warming emails

Control over eating a hamburgerGood grief please stop the madness of all of these un-truths about global warming trash.I want a burger I will eat a burger, if I want to drive to town to ride around so be it, if I want to raise cattle and have them pass...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, burger, PCB, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Canon PowerShot S90

The Canon PowerShot S90 is designed for photography enthusiasts and it carries a hefty price tag to prove it. It also has some of the best controls you'll find on a compact camera for manual and semimanual shooting modes. Its lens and photo quality are top notch, too. Actually, about...

Tags: S90, Canon PowerShot S90, Canon Inc., Canon PowerShot, camera

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Samsung HZ15W

The Samsung HZ15W is a camera that looks good on paper but doesn't live up to the specs. The main attraction is the 24mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with 10x zoom, which is certainly a plus in a camera this size, giving you a lot of shooting flexibility for less than $280....

Tags: Samsung HZ15W, camera, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-11-05

Coin-sized nuclear batteries to revolutionise electronics

.. Nice post for a change. Good job. ntntA beautiful dream...and then reality hitspeople have been so indoctrinated that nuclear material is the most toxic substance on the planet and even saying the word will give you cancer, that this has about as much chance as a snowball in hell...

Tags: Engineering, nuclear-battery, Coin-sized nuclear-battery, alpha, cell, electronics

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

What value research? In this case a cool billion dollars.

Research at MIT led to the founding of A123 Systems. That company just went public to the tune of a billion bills. A123 Systems is in the rechargeable battery biz, a sweet spot these days. It was founded eight years ago with a $100,000 federal grant. My,...

Tags: Lithium-ion, Battery, Lithium-ion Battery, Rechargeable Battery, A123 Systems, A123Systems, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-29

VholdR ContourHD wearable camcorder

The ContourHD is a tube-style camcorder designed to be worn as a helmet camera for recording extreme activities. The ContourHD features an attractive design, but a limited feature set. Unlike the competition, it doesn't feature a still photography mode or a viewfinder, optical or digital. But what the Contour...

Tags: Corporate communications, Engineering, camcorder, Video Resolution, Recording Video, Recharging, ContourHD

Product reviews 2009-09-28

Car news from Frankfurt. Color it green.

CNET has a gallery of some of the new German-made cars debuting in Frankfurt this week. Hybrids, plug-ins, high efficiency cars. Here they come...eventually. Lexus LF. Photo courtesy CNET. There's now evidence that Toyota, maker of the top-selling hybrid Prius, has decided to...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Frankfurt, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Nokia 2680 - GoPhone black (AT&T) - Prepaid

Photo gallery:Nokia 2680Cell phone bills can definitely add up, which is why a prepaid plan option can be an attractive alternative, especially if you don't make calls or need the mobile Web very often. For AT&T Wireless customers, the carrier offers its GoPhone plan with a handful of handsets, including...

Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., feature set, Nokia 2680, Nokia Corp.

Product reviews 2009-09-04

PowerBAR 3500 mAh Solar Battery Charger for HTC Touch Pro2

There will be times when your smartphone is low on battery and you won't be near an outlet, but that doesn't mean you're in for a dead device. A portable accessory like the PowerBAR 3,500mAH Solar Battery Charger will allow you to charge your phone from anywhere, and even better,...

Tags: Smart phones, Engineering, HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-08-31

Snow Leopard gets battery forensics

There's a lot going on under the hood of Snow Leopard, to be sure, but a subtle change has been made to the battery menu item that will help portable users diagnose failing batteries. Within the new Battery menu bar extra in Mac...

Tags: Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-31

HP extends support for long-life battery

Attention to those of you outside the United States, or businesses with locations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Hewlett-Packard has introduced the HP Long Life Battery for commercial notebooks in those theaters. The batteries, which are based on Sonata Lithium-ion battery cell technology from Boston-Power,...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, HP Long Life Battery, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Electrics from Japanese carmakers

Volt is not electricVolt should be considered as Hybrid. It has gasoline engine, Leaf is pure electrics. Volt is not electricVolt is propelled by an electric motor.The gasoline engine produces electricity for the electric motor, it does not propell the car. You could reason that "electric" cars...

Tags: Engineering, Volt, car, gasoline engine

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Samsung camcorder, Sony VAIO laptop, 3M mini projector

A Samsung hi-def camcorder, a 3M pico projector, and a Sony VAIO netbook-style laptop. Here are your daily deals for Tuesday, August 18, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the Samsung HMX-R10 High Definition Camcorder in silver or black for $399.96, down from $499.99. The camcorder...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 3M Co., Camcorder, Laptop Computer, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-08-18