Nowadays, you can’t live without a cell phone and every year there’s always a new upgrade. So what do you do if you have an aging phone? “That depends on a couple of things, like whether the phone is working, whether it’s damaged or whether it’s repairable,” said Richard Shroyer, Regional Manager at Fanelli Boys, […]
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A new era of batteries spells trouble for gas in America
SAN FRANCISCO – California, the state that helped birth the global boom in battery-toting electric vehicles, is trying to spark a similar transformation for utilities. And that spells trouble for power plants all across the U.S. that run on natural gas. The California Public Utilities Commission approved an order Thursday that will require PG&E Corp., the state’s biggest utility, to change the way it […]
Why Is Lithium Good for Both Batteries and Bipolar Disorder?
Since the 1970s, lithium has been a common and effective treatment for manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder. But lithium is also the central constituent in powerful modern batteries used in everything from cell phones to electric cars such as Teslas. What makes lithium effective for such diverse purposes? The philosophy of science (link […]
The Amazing Ways Tesla Is Using Artificial Intelligence And Big Data
As a tech pioneer with a significant interest in the race to build and market autonomous vehicles, it makes sense that today they would be deeply interested in artificial intelligence. However, it was only this month that the business’s billionaire founder and CEO Elon Musk publicly announced it is working on its own AI hardware. […]
Battery That Charges in One Minute Could Beat Tesla in the Race for Tomorrow’s Clean Car
A former chief designer for Aston Martin is working on a new solid-state battery design that could be vastly superior to the currently available lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars. FAST CHARGING Henrik Fisker, a former chief designer for Aston Martin, claims that he will soon revolutionize the world of electric cars with a new, […]
Groundbreaking invention can restore old lithium batteries to 95% capacity
One of the biggest stories in consumer electronics right now is Apple’s secret throttling of older iPhone models with aging batteries. The company misled customers for years as “conspiracy theorists” claimed Apple was intentionally slowing down older iPhone models in order to force people to upgrade. While Apple contends that the reason behind the throttling […]
