Sugar-charged Laptop Batteries
The power sources in our laptop computers, Apple iPods, cell phones, and other electronic mobile devices may have a sweet future: rechargeable batteries that run on sugar. Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri are testing batteries that run on sugar and have the potential to last up to four times longer than lithium ion [...]
Testing Notebook Batteries
During their working life, rechargeable batteries in a notebook computer are repeatedly re-charged after they have been drained. The charging is accomplished by applying externally supplied electrical current through an adopter. The electrical current enters in the battery and reverses the chemical process which occur in the battery while it is in use. Devices to [...]
OLPC Laptop Shipments Delayed
Shipments of the XO notebook PC for the OLPC project (One Laptop Per Child) will likely be delayed until the third quarter, the manufacturer said Friday.
Quanta Computer Inc., the world’s largest contract laptop PC manufacturer, had earlier predicted shipments could start as early as July, but software adjustments by the One Laptop Per Child group [...]
