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The FAA is worried about exploding batteries’ impact on planes

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Jules Wang

Before you start worrying about “the potential risk for a catastrophic hull loss” — or better yet, hearing that the Federal Aviation Administration is just starting to realize the potential for the batteries in our smartphones and hoverboards to cause havoc on aircraft — just know that rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and single-use lithium-metal batteries are already classified as hazardous materials.To be ...

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Tip: keep your smartphone in your pocket this cold winter

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Jules Wang

There’s plenty of reading material on how the batteries inside our smartphones — objects that have dominated modern social life — fare in extreme temperatures (hint: not well). There’s a reason why batteries are rated for a range of temperatures typically from above the freezing point of water to about 38°C or

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NGO: Apple, Samsung, Microsoft battery supply chains have child labor in them

Posted on January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 by Jules Wang

Cobalt. It doesn’t just strike your eyes with a certain pitch of blue: it’s a key component of our smartphones’ lithium-ion batteries. But it seems that the labor used to obtain this mineral has been poorly regulated. And Amnesty International is implicating Apple and Samsung — both companies having their own shares of labor problems — as well as Sony, Microsoft, Huawei, LG, ZTE, Lenovo and eight ...

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Toyota Confirms: Li-Ion Batteries Have a “Memory Effect”

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin

We all know how important batteries are in our modern electronics. They’re also becoming an increasingly vital part of our vehicles. For people in both camps, the latest news from Toyota is disheartening: Li-Ion batteries have a “memory effect”. Ni-Cad Batteries When the traditional, land-line telephone evolved from a corded beast into a clunky — but wireless — beast, there was much cause for celebration. The battery technology of the day was Ni-Cad (Nickel Cadmium). Batteries based on this technology were used in everything from cordless phones to satellites ...

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