One of the biggest challenges facing rechargeable batteries with lithium (Li) electrodes is the growth of dendrites, which can short-circuit the batteries and cause complete failure. Although dendrites do their damage in the battery's ...
Tags: Electronics, Batteries
People are taking more photographs than ever before, nearly 400 billion this year, yet sales of cameras are shrinking. Overall, global shipments of digital cameras have fallen 30 percent this year, according to Christopher Chute, research ...
Tags: Smartphones, Camera
Nothing, it seems, makes the hand of Vernon Brejcha quiver. Not the heat from a furnace that burns a few thousand degrees, not the weight of a five-foot pole with a ball of fire attached to its end, and not even the frailty of a very, ...
Tags: Magic of Glass, Lawhorn's Lawrence
Origin Energy Limited (Origin) today announced the signing of a second major agreement to sell gas to GLNG partners (GLNG), providing a pathway for Origin to monetise its gas portfolio in line with international oil-linked pricing. Under ...
The early morning highlights from the major news organizations examine today's deadline for enrolling for health insurance that would begin Jan. 1, as well as a variety of other health law stories and several articles on mental health ...
Worldwide shipments of smart wearable bands are on the rise. Just over 200,000 smart wearable bands shipped in the first half of 2013, but this figure is set to grow by well over 500% in the second half of the year, according to Canalys. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
If your an avid Tools In Action reader,you already have seen a sneak peek at the RK3440K RockWell VersaCut from our 2011 NHS coverage.Well we were lucky enough to test one out.Mini circular saws are not a new idea,the Craftsman 10872 3 ...
Global Blue, the international retail tourism experts, report that total international tax free spend has surged up 21% to date this year with globe shoppers from South East Asian driving the growth. Thai spend in particular is up a massive ...
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Tire Discounters Inc. plans to open a dozen locations in the Nashville, Tenn., area by early 2015. The company's latest expansion will begin in spring 2014 with the opening of a store the city of Nashville. The company anticipates opening ...
Tags: tyre, tire, auto parts
I was happy watching television shows and movies on my computer—until I realized what I was missing. Streaming video devices such as Roku, Apple TV and Google's Chromecast project video from Netflix, YouTube and other services onto ...
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Since launching in the Ultra High Definition Television space in 2012 with an extravagant 84-inch panel, Sony has been making solid in-roads to this segment of the premium TV market. Referred to as 4K by the brand (to indicate a horizontal ...
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Specifications for the production version of the Citroen DS3 Cabrio Racing have been announced, largely mirroring its concept variant seen earlier this year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Sharing the concept car’s matte grey ...
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A revolutionary and patent pending technology of manufacturing liquid crystal smart glass has been successfully developed in Scienstry, Inc. A novel but simple method has been invented to make a series of new products of casting laminated ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass, Smart Glass
A US advocacy group has called on a toy maker to stop selling a baby seat with an iPad holder at the front. This product encourages parents to leave their babies alone to watch screens. The "ultimate electronic babysitter" seat blocks a ...
Tags: Infant Seat, iPad Infant Seat
The game consoles have landed. Millions of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners are getting their first taste of what to expect from this new generation of high-powered video games. Perhaps you weren't one of those eager fans who waited in ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Xbox