• 26Jun

    The whole nation of Japan to develop the next generation of vehicle battery system

    This article is come from http://www.batteriesshop.co.uk/batteries/2009/06/24/the-whole-nation-of-japan-to-develop-the-next-generation-of-vehicle-battery-system/

    Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry-owned “New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)” 6 announced on 10, decided to Kyoto University as the center, the establishment of research cooperation in research and development alliance to jointly implement the new 2009 project “innovative cutting-edge battery the scientific basis for special study.

    ” Research and development of the Union to include Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi and other auto makers, Sanyo Electric, Panasonic, Shin-Kobe Electric, GS YUASA, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, such as mechanical and electrical and battery of large enterprises, as well as Kyoto University, Tohoku University, Tokyo University Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and other famous universities and research institutions, a total of 22 units, forming a veritable “all-Japan” system.

    The implementation of the project-based Kyoto University will each participate in the dispatch of units with more than 50 researchers specializing in research, development of enterprises based on common technology needs. 7 years, the Japanese government plans to put this item ¥ 21,000,000,000, in 2020 before a charge current range of electric vehicles to raise 3 times the distance.notebook battery.

  • 26Jun

    A new YouTube video demonstrates one company’s energy-storage

    This article is come from http://www.batteriesshop.co.uk/batteries/2009/06/24/a-new-youtube-video-demonstrates-one-companys-energy-storage/

    A company that makes DSL broadband equipment, mPhase Technologies, based in Little Falls, NJ, has been touting its new nanotech-based battery with a flurry of press releases .

    The video begins with a voice-over complaining, rightly enough, that although the cost and performance of computer chips have been increasing and improving, respectively, very quickly, following Moore’s Law–that the number of transistors on a chip will double every couple of years–batteries haven’t been keeping up. So is the company’s new tech the battery world’s answer to Moore’s Law?

    Unfortunately, the company’s hp nx6125 battery doesn’t seem to be the breakthrough that cell-phone users and electric-car enthusiasts have been looking for. Although mPhase is marketing the battery as a long-awaited revolution in battery design, the company isn’t touting doubled energy capacity or tripled power output. And it’s not trumpeting slashed prices or even long calendar life, both important features if electric cars are ever going to dominate the roads.

    What’s exciting here, apparently, is that the battery can sit unused on the shelf for decades and, after that, work just like new. This is accomplished by keeping the electrolyte out of contact with the battery’s electrodes until the moment power is needed. The nanotechnology involved is a pattern of nanorods that keep the electrolyte suspended above the electrode materials until a voltage is applied.

    The apple macbook pro 15 battery could very well be an excellent advance–but for some pretty specific applications, such as active RFID tags and smart munitions, which might sit for months or years in warehouses and bunkers before being used.

    Meanwhile, advances in energy capacity and calendar life are coming from improvements in electrode materials, sometimes using nanoscale particles. (See “3M’s Higher-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries,” “Powering GM’s Electric Vehicles,” and “Battery Breakthrough?”) These might lead to a doubling of energy capacity within a decade, which could go far toward improving electronic devices and cars. Battery performance could double in the next 10 years, according to one MIT scientist. (See “How Future Batteries Will Be Longer-Lasting and Safer.”) That’s no Moore’s Law, but, combined with more-efficient devices, it could make a big difference.

  • 26Jun

    What people are really looking for at SXSW is a better battery

    This article is come from   http://www.batteriesshop.co.uk/batteries/2009/06/24/what-people-are-really-looking-for-at-sxsw-is-a-better-battery/

    There are nerds with plugs scattered throughout the 900,000-square-foot Austin Convention Center.

    That’s not entirely accurate. There are nerds with cords. Many of those cords are attached to battery packs, but there are a sizable number of other cables. I know this because I am one of them. I’m sitting in Ballroom E with my Dell Latitude (and power cord), my Kodak EasyShare Z740 (with lithium-ion battery and PC connector cord), my PalmTreo 650 (with power and sync cords), and my Logitech USB Headset 350 with Microphone (and the attached USB cord).

    It’s the first day–the first hours–of registration at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film, and Interactive Conferences and Festivals, a 10-day confab that runs from March 9-18, and the nerds have already staked out the corners and crannies near power outlets.

    It’s strange. While consumer electronics and software have changed immensely in the 13 years of the conference, there is one thing that hasn’t changed: the need for batteries and power cords to recharge them. Throughout the next week, tens of thousands of people will find their way to the convention center, and there won’t be enough outlets for everyone.

    In his seminal book Being Digital, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte described the cords and batteries he packed when he traveled the world. That pack, he wrote, was nearly as heavy as the gadgets he took with him. And today, it’s still a horrific problem for those who have gone mobile, who rely on their technologies to connect them with their equally mobile peers.

    When I worked at Technology Review, I dubbed editor Kevin Bullis “Battery Boy” because he’d just started writing about battery and fuel-cell technologies. I found (and continue to find) his stories fascinating and necessary because anyone who travels knows that lugging around cords and dell inspiron 6400 battery packs is awful. Deep into the technology revolution, when I’m supposed to be untethered, I’m sitting here next to an outlet because my computer only has two hours of juice.

    However, there’s more to the SXSW experience than simply staking out areas of the convention center. SXSW held the inaugural Music and Media Conference and Festival in 1987. The event showcased smaller, independent groups and acts from small labels. For a time, it was the event for those of us who covered music. The major record labels and national media were quick to pick up on two things: the weather in Austin is better than the weather where they lived (San Diego excluded), hp pavilion zv5000 battery
    ,and the networking opportunities (read: parties) were amazing. By 1994, SXSW had grown so much that the company decided to launch two other programs: the SXSW Film Conference and Festival and the SXSW Interactive Festival.

    The interactive festival and conference not only celebrates creative Web-based applications and design, but this year it will focus on three main areas: mainstream media’s toe dipping in the “new media” realm (complete with a keynote by Dan Rather, famously smacked by bloggers who questioned CBS News’s reporting on President George W. Bush’s war record), Web 2.0 applications, and virtual worlds with interactive storytelling (which includes The Sims creator Will Wright discussing Spores, his latest project).

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