Microsoft and PNNL make a better battery, and show AI’s potential to supercharge science Researchers at Microsoft and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) say they’ve discovered a way to reduce… Read More
WiBotic raises $5.7M to boost wireless systems for charging up robots and drones Seattle-based Wibotic says it’s secured $5.7 million in fresh investment to ramp up development of its wireless charging and power… Read More
Air-activated smartphone charger: Seattle startup raises cash for peel-off portable battery As we’ve become more and more dependent on smartphones, keeping our devices charged up has become increasingly important. “Low-battery anxiety”… Read More
Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures places first bets on power storage Eighteen months after its founding, the $1 billion Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund’s first investments have been revealed, and they both… Read More
Australia powers up Tesla’s monster battery, with bigger boosts to come South Australia’s state government turned on the switch for the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery today, marking a signal achievement for… Read More
Elon Musk touts Tesla’s plan to build the world’s biggest battery in just 100 days One hundred megawatts. That’s how much electrical power the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery system will store when Tesla builds it… Read More
Apple offers some iPhone 5 users battery replacements iPhone 5 users who suddenly saw their battery life drop off a cliff have good news: Apple is offering a… Read More
Portland’s Bettery partners with Safeway to install rechargeable battery swap kiosks The next time you go shopping at Safeway, there very well could be a Coinstar-like kiosk that lets you buy… Read More
15 hours on a single charge? New MacBook Air’s battery life gets rave reviews While it certainly wasn’t the biggest story out of WWDC, Apple’s new MacBook Air notebooks are garnering rave reviews. On… Read More
Back in the air: FAA approves 787 battery design changes After three months of grounding, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is set to fly again. The Federal Aviation Administration today approved Boeing’s… Read More
Bettery debuts rechargeable battery swap stations at Whole Foods Markets Every year, 2.5 billion batteries are thrown away in the U.S. and a Portland-based company may have a better solution… Read More
This mobile hand-crank phone charger just obliterated its Kickstarter goal Our smartphones are, for the most part, really nice. They help us find information quickly and stay connected around-the-clock. The… Read More
