New Battery Technology Helps Stimulate Nerves
With the help of new silicon-based compounds, scientists and patients are getting a significant new charge out of the tiny lithium batteries used in implantable devices to help treat nervous system and other disorders. |
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Bayer MaterialScience Paves the Way for Innovative Electronic Applications
Is it at all possible to improve a mundane everyday item such as a pair of tweezers? After all, it has the simplest of forms and has worked reliably for as long as anyone can remember. |
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World’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System Completes Third Year of Operation
The world’s most powerful battery energy storage system (BESS) has completed its third year in operation. Operated since 2003 by Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) located in Fairbanks, Ala., the BESS has prevented more than 734,000 customer electrical outages while responding to 163 emergency ‘events.’ |
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GM's Concept Electric Vehicle Could Nearly Eliminate Trips to the Gas Station
The Chevrolet Volt concept sedan, powered by the E-flex System, GM’s next-generation electric propulsion system, could nearly eliminate trips to the gas station. |
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EnerGenius IQ Opens Powerful Opportunities for Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy is a combination electricity and natural gas energy company, offering a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.8 million natural gas customers. Xcel Energy is committed to customer satisfaction by continuously improving its operations to be a low-cost, reliable, environmentally sound energy provider. |
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Lithium Technology Corp. Takes Unmanned Underwater Vehicles To New Depths
Lithium Technology Corp. (LTC) has developed, in conjunction with Phoenix International, Inc., a marine services contractor, a high performance pressure-tolerant battery for unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) applications. UUVs are increasingly used to perform underwater work faster and more efficiently while removing the need for a manned presence from an inherently dangerous environment. |
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