A DC-based Culture Is Growing.
Blog Comment This one runs on NiMH batteries. It would improve with NiMH batteries, though. tag=ne.gall.latest This one will run on Li-ion batteries. Well, looks like Sir Brian Catt considers my poor fact analyses below his dignity to respond.
[August 4, 2007, 9:44]
A DC-based Culture Is Growing.
Blog Comment We will use portable lamps on small batteries (NiMH, Li-ion, whatever more efficient) with enough light flux to compete with incandescent and CFLs. An acid-lead battery with 18 Ah rating weighs several kilograms, while the NiMH batteries just 270...
[July 9, 2007, 20:53]
A DC-based Culture Is Growing.
Blog Comment Also, when you combine the fact that you are making your assumptions on the weight of NiMh batteries being twn times lighter than they actually are (or same weight but 10% of the voltage), I suspect your logic falls down just a tiny bit - after...
[October 3, 2007, 9:26]
New Battery Technology Promises Quarter-hour Charge
News Like all rechargeables, they self-discharge when not in use -- around 5 to 6 percent loss of charge per day, compared to existing NiMH batteries at 3 to 4 percent. The new technology is based on existing nickel metal hydride (NiMH) chemistry -- the...
[March 19, 2002, 17:44]
Dead IPod Syndrome - No Volt Found?
Talkback I've got equipment that can take a LiIon pack, a NiMH pack or AA batteries (primary or secondary). Buzzy: There are lots of options available to Apple - and other - makers. You can swap the battery packs to suit: electronically it's not difficult...
[January 13, 2004, 8:59]
Dead IPod Syndrome - No Volt Found?
Talkback You may not be aware that some devices such as DECT phones have turned away from custom battery packs to standard NiMH AAA batteries. Another advantage of this is that in an emergency alkaline batteries can be used (but not of course recharged).
[January 18, 2004, 13:22]
Bluetooth Add-on Coming To Palm V
News The Waveclip is powered by rechargeable NiMH batteries that the company claims provide more than ten hours of use. At the same time, the batteries can recharge the Palm V if the need arises. A Singapore-based company plans to release a Bluetooth...
[March 22, 2001, 8:34]
Nuggets: Remote Control That Will Keep You In Your Chair
News Four AA batteries or NiMH 4.8V rechargeable battery pack x240 pixel touch-screen LCD It's not too bulky at 138x92x38mm, and with four AA batteries it weighs a bit less than a can of Coke (430g). You don't even have to use those four AA batteries.
[October 3, 2000, 13:15]
Nuggets: Nikon CoolPix 990 Is A Top-class Challenger
News Comes with 16Mb CompactFlash memory card, 4 x NiMH rechargeable batteries and charger as standard (not if they forget to pack it you don't! Oh, and Nikon forgot to supply a charger for the camera's batteries.if that happens to you, make sure you...
[December 22, 2000, 8:03]
Dead IPod Syndrome - No Volt Found?
Talkback It's very possible - I have a hand-held radio transceiver that has a lithium battery as standard, but will also take an AA battery pack that works with NiMH or alkalines. We're at that point in some niches - watch batteries, for example, are a good...
[January 14, 2004, 10:07]
Nuggets: Epson's Feature Packed Image Collector
News It comes with NiMH batteries and recharger, an 8MB CompactFlash card and a software package that includes Adobe PageMill, Presto! Second digital camera of the day, this time from Epson . The PhotoPC 850z heads straight to the top of Epson's range.
[November 8, 1999, 14:25]
A DC-based Culture Is Growing.
Blog Comment Next I will build a prototype that repeats the demo out of 4 AA-size NiMH batteries, which will last about 8 hours delivering 700 mA. Take a look at this demonstration: http://br.youtube.com/watch? v=nkDPOER1Qe8
[July 12, 2007, 2:43]
Apple Unveils New Generation Of Newton Portables
News It is based on a 160MHz processor and will run for three to six weeks on four AA batteries or a NiMh battery pack. Apple this week finally announced its mobile eMate 300 'Shay' computer and MessagePad 2000 after a barrage of press speculation and...
[October 29, 1996, 11:35]
New Handheld Aims To Bridge Digital Divide
News It runs on three rechargeable NiMh AAA batteries or the local electrical system. A non-profit group in India has created a simple, inexpensive, multilingual handheld device aimed at bringing computing to Third World nations -- dubbed the "Simputer".
[May 25, 2001, 16:21]
CeBIT: More Highlights From The Hannover Show
News It runs up to 8 hours on a NIMH rechargeable battery pack and also supports standard batteries. The cards will ship in June 1999 at just under £125 ex VAT. Sirocco woofers Also showcased at CEBIT was the Sirocco Crossfire speaker system...
[March 19, 1999, 15:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Rayovac had invented a modification of standard NiMH battery technology that let you fully recharge them from flat in under quarter of an hour. As someone who spends far too much time shuttling batteries from radios to music players to cameras to...
[October 1, 2004, 18:40]
AJP Notebook Steps Into 200MHz Ring
News The unit runs on an NiMH battery offering one and a half hours, and has a removable floppy disk which can be replaced with a Duracell NiMH battery giving three additional hours. The AJP 6200 with 32Mb RAM, 1Gb hard drive, 12.1-inch dual-scan 800 x...
[November 12, 1996, 10:36]
