Archive for April, 2011

Not too full and not too empty – looking after your battery
Monsters and Critics.com
Munich – Batteries are expendable – at some point their lifetime will be over and it's time to find an often expensive replacement. But it is possible to delay the inevitable, according to Kai-Christian Moeller
Technology: Enhancing Lithium-Ion Battery Performance7thSpace Interactive (press release)

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USA Today
Electricity out? Crank up this radio's power
USA Today
Among the items we needed were a flashlight (preferably one with working batteries), a weather radio (ditto on the batteries) and our cell phones (hopefully with a full charge). The next time bad weather moves in, we'll be better prepared with the

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Outbreak 2011 information: charge batteries, food benefits, etc.
News Courier
Athens-Limestone Public Library will be open so residents can use Internet or charge batteries until 7 pm Saturday and from 1-4 pm Sunday. • Athens State's Center for Lifelong Learning located at 121 S. Marion St. on the Square in Athens is offering


WGMD Radio
Md. signs disaster relief agreement with Target
BusinessWeek
Target's role is to partner with the state to identify needs and determine how to respond with supplies, personnel and support. The agreement says items donated in the past have been water, food, batteries, clothing and other supplies.
Maryland Partners With Target for Disaster ReliefNBC Washington

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Gizmo | Electricity out? Crank up this radio's power
Louisville Courier-Journal
Among the items we needed were a flashlight (preferably one with working batteries), a weather radio (ditto on the batteries) and our cellphones (hopefully with a full charge). The next time bad weather moves in, we'll be better prepared with the Rover

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HTCPedia.com
Sadness: OG Incredible batteries won't work with the Droid Incredible 2
HTCPedia.com
Not that this is much of a surprise, but HTC Droid Incredible batteries won't work in the Incredible 2 (and vice versa). We just tried stuffing an Incredible 2 battery into an OG Incredible and the gold prongs are on opposite sides of each other.

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Maryland Partners With Target for Disaster Relief
NBC Washington
The agreement with MEMA says items donated in the past have included water, food, batteries, clothing and other supplies. Target volunteers will also be available to help emergency responders. “People impacted by disasters want to have a role in their
Md. signs disaster relief agreement with TargetWXOW.com

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New York Times (blog)
New uses for exhausted electric vehicle batteries proposed
PhysOrg.com
(PhysOrg.com) — In a move with far and wide consequences for the automobile industry, many groups are banding together to study the two-pronged problem of high initial costs for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries for electric vehicles, and then what to do
Reportlinker Adds Electric Vehicle Traction Batteries 2011-2021PR Newswire (press release)
Charging UpBusiness Lexington
Electric Car Batteries Get a Second LifeGreen Chip Stocks
New York Times (blog) -NYCAviation -The Green Optimistic
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The Guardian
Heavy batteries also giving Leaf and Volt a safety boost | Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
But the massive batteries help too, Rader says. Children's Place is leaving Walnut Street for 1535 Market St. across from Shoppes at Liberty Place. Metro Commercial Real Estate local boss Steven Gartner says his VP Dan Brickner signed the kid-stuff
Electric car scheme has only 500 takersThe Guardian

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Base Batteries plant soon at Hosur
Business Standard
Bangalore-based battery manufacturing firm Base Batteries is in the process of setting up a manufacturing facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu, with an investment of Rs 432 crore. The new facility, in 180 acre land would have a capacity of 325000 batteries
Base batteries setting up second facility in SE AsiaIBNLive.com

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