HP recalls over 100,000 more laptop batteries for fire hazard
HP is recalling more laptop batteries that pose a fire hazard and could cause computer damage.
HP is recalling more laptop batteries that pose a fire hazard and could cause computer damage.
Huawei has developed a prototype smartphone battery that can be recharged to half its capacity in just five minutes.
A new battery from Prieto Battery could provide five times more energy capacity
IBM announced today that it is developing a next-generation rechargeable battery capable of storing 10 times more energy than today's top lithium-ion batteries.
A South Korean construction worker reportedly killed by an exploding cell phone battery was actually killed in an industrial accident, say South Korean news reports and cell phone maker LG Electronics.
Police in Cheongwon, South Korea, say a worker died on Wednesday possibly because a cell phone battery exploded in his pocket, according to a report from the Associated Press.
Sony says it has created a battery that produces electricity by breaking down sugar. The bio cell, which measures 39 cubic millimetres, delivers 50 milliWatts.
A fire that destroyed a single-family home in Biddeford, Me. last week has been blamed on a Dell laptop that was plugged in and re-charging while sitting on a living room couch.
Following the alarming number of notebook battery recalls this year, a group of PC vendors met recently to seek safer lithium ion cells, and resolved to draft an improved standard for battery manufacturing and quality control by the second quarter of 2007.
Dell and Sony knew about — and had discussed — manufacturing problems with Sony-made lithium-ion batteries as long as ten months ago, according to a Sony spokesman Rick Clancy. But they held off issuing a recall until the flaws were clearly linked to catastrophic failures causing those batteries to catch fire, says Clancy.