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Stanford creates ‘Holy Grail’ lithium battery, could triple smartphone and EV battery life July 28, 2014 at 8:43 am
They’ve done it again: The battery barons of Stanford, led by Yi Cui, have created what those in the industry call the ‘Holy Grail’ of lithium-ion battery design. In specific, they’ve finally worked out how to create a rugged lithium electrode that can increase the capacity of a lithium-ion battery by three to four times — as in, this lithium electrode, on its own, could increase the battery life of your smartphone by three times, or significantly reduce the size and cost of an electric car’s battery pack.
ET deals: Clearance sale! 40% off 17.3-inch Core i5 Dell Inspiron 17R laptop July 25, 2014 at 5:10 pm
Dell must have been rummaging through their warehouses, as they’ve just brought back a limited supply of its non-touch Inspiron 17R laptops at clearance pricing. As long as you’re ok with a third-gen Intel processor, you can snag this Core i5 packing desktop replacement right now for just $490, a huge discount off the original price.This Dell Inspiron…
PS4 Destiny graphics look superior to Xbox One version, but barely July 25, 2014 at 4:11 pm
A few days ago, the Destiny beta finally made its way to the Xbox One and Xbox 360. It launched on the PS4 and PS3 earlier in the month, but now we can get a good look at the beta running on both of the current generation consoles. It’s no surprise that the last-gen versions are noticeably uglier, but how does the 900p Xbox One version stack up to the beta running at 1080p on the PS4?
A implant that trains your brain to stop tinnitus July 25, 2014 at 1:29 pm
Is that ringing ears bad enough that you would implant a simulator in your neck just to be free of it? For thousands of Americans, the answer seems to be yes. A series of clinical trials for an implant made by company called Microtransponder has demonstrated that their new nerve cuff electrode device is up to the job. The question that remains is how does it work, exactly?
Where are all the clean, infinite-range nuclear-powered cars, ships, and planes? July 25, 2014 at 12:14 pm
This morning I found myself pondering a particularly interesting question: Where are all the nuclear-powered cars, ships, and planes? Nuclear power is cleaner than fossil fuel power, it generates more power than fossil power (i.e. it goes faster) while weighing significantly less, and you can go years without ever having to refuel a nuclear vehicle. Imagine if you could buy a nuclear-powered Tesla Model S or Ford Escape, and never had to refuel it for the entirety of its operational life. So, where are all the nuclear vehicles? Were they kiboshed by the ecologists? Is it yet another conspiracy hatched by Big Oil to maintain their juicy fossil fuel profits?
Japan will face the robotic jobocalypse head-on, by mastering robots before they master us July 25, 2014 at 9:45 am
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he wants to triple the size of the Japanese robotics industry. Is this how you prepare for an uncertain future?
Apple to release 4.7 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 to mitigate fading iPad sales, convert Android owners July 25, 2014 at 8:24 am
Apple is gearing up for the launch of the iPhone 6 in September, and has reportedly placed a massive order of between 70 and 80 million units — far more than any previous iPhone launch. As we’ve previously reported, the iPhone 6 will step up to a much larger 4.7-inch screen with a sapphire front panel — but curiously, there’s now a very solid rumor that there will also be an iPhone 6 with a 5.5-inch screen. At first blush, a 5.5-inch iPhone 6 sounds utterly crazy, but it makes a little more sense following Apple’s earnings call on Tuesday: Last quarter, Apple’s tablet sales dropped a massive 19% sequentially and 9% year-over-year. Perhaps fading iPad sales are the reason Apple is finally looking at large-screen phones?
Sony hurriedly patches 3D Blu-ray playback into the PS4 after Microsoft promises support July 24, 2014 at 4:37 pm
Eight long months after the launch of the Xbox One and PS4, both Microsoft and Sony have finally announced support for playback of 3D Blu-rays. I’m certainly not going to turn my nose up at the addition of new features, but it does make me wonder what took so long for these updates to surface. The PS3 has had 3D Blu-ray support since 2010, and it works perfectly fine on that aging hardware. So, what’s the hold-up on the current generation?
ET deals: HP Envy 15t and 17t touchscreen laptops at $800 July 24, 2014 at 3:38 pm
Both the ENVY 15t and ENVY 17t pack the new Core i7-4710HQ quad-core processor, delivering top-notch performance that will be up to just about any task you put it to. They also share a standard 1TB hard drive, giving you plenty of space to store all your media and files. Despite the 17t being bigger, you’ll find the same array of ports on both laptops, which includes three USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, ethernet, a DVD-RW, and a multi-card reader. Even before we get to any differences, both of these laptops have a lot to offer.
The liquid hard drive that could store a terabyte of data in a tablespoon of fluid July 24, 2014 at 1:45 pm
New research on nanoparticles shows that they could be used to encode information when suspended in a liquid. This could one day allow us to store vast amounts of data in a very small volume of “digital colloid.”
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