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Eco Friendly April 4, 2023 posted by Nigel

Quick-Release Binder – Recycling Lithium Ion Batteries Just Got Super Easy

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered an ingenious new way to recycle Lithium Ion batteries, and it’s so simple that even your mum could do it. Maybe. The problem with battery recycling has always been that it’s rather cumbersome. Traditional methods involve breaking down batteries into their constituent parts, then extracting the valuable materials such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel. The process works, but it’s not exactly what you’d call efficient, and it can be quite costly.

Electric Cars September 18, 2021 posted by Nigel

Will solid state batteries trigger a magic new EV age?

It’s pretty common knowledge that upgrading battery tech is going to be crucial to mass adoption of electric transportation of any type. Lithium Ion is an establish tech, but it’s too volatile and inefficient to encourage a breakthrough in electric vehicles. The betting currently seems to be on solid state batteries, which is why this solid state battery post outlining the pros and cons is interesting.

Eco Friendly September 8, 2020 posted by Nigel

Could Lithium Sulfur batteries be the game changer we’re hoping for?

UK company Oxis Energy is planning to shake up the electric transportation industry with a newly developed lithium sulfur battery. The new technology apparently provides five times the energy density of a conventional Li-Ion battery, as well as being lighter and safer. The company is pushing for its battery to be used in applications where weight is a key factor – such as electric aircraft. This is not pie in the sky stuff either. Back in July the company announced…

Eco Friendly February 21, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Graphene Batteries Are Here – longer lasting batteries? Yes please!

Hate when your phone dies? Wish your battery lasted longer and burned cooler? Don’t we all. Lucky for us, science has a fix coming. Graphene batteries have hit the market and although they’re not in our phones yet, they can be as early as next year.

future tech January 24, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Diamond Batteries Are Forever – scientists experiment with turning radioactive waste into power source

Remember Batman and Robin? Specifically how Mr. Freeze’s subplot involved him having to steal diamonds to make his suit work? Well that plot point may actually work better now. Scientists at the University of Bristol are looking into a way to turn old radioactive carbon into diamond batteries.

Eco Friendly January 6, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Lithium-Sulphur Batteries – charge your phone once a week

Battery life is the bane of all modern technologies. Doesn’t matter how awesome something is, if the battery doesn’t last long enough, it’s functionally worthless. This is true for our phones, cars and renewable energy options. A new type of lithium-sulphur battery may change all of this though.

Eco Friendly September 26, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

The Future Needs Batteries – in order to get the most renewable energy, we need energy storage

Renewable energy is the future because emissions caused by current energies are literally killing us. But the sun doesn’t always shine, the wind doesn’t always blow so how do we keep up with demand? The answer is simple: Batteries! But to become fully sustainable, we’re going to have to ramp up their production and quality.

Eco Friendly August 20, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

The Future Needs Better Batteries – storing renewable energy is the next hurdle

Using power efficiently isn’t all about just using renewable sources, we also need better ways to store that power, on a large scale. A future that relies on renewable energy is a future that calls for better power storage to utilize it and right now, we’re mostly relying on decades old technology.

cool tech July 30, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

New Termovoltaics Breakthrough – may lead to drone batteries that last for days

A new breakthrough will give drones the ability to stay in the air for longer amounts of time, improving their efficiency and range of uses. Thermovoltaics are a light weight energy source but up until now haven’t been able to put out the type of power to make them greatly useful. A new breakthrough changes that.

Electric Cars February 18, 2019 posted by Vamien Mckalin

Nissan has found a way to make use of old EV batteries

There are many folks who are against battery-powered cars, but it’s not because they have no love for the environment. The problem is when electric car batteries have worn down, what should we do with them? It wouldn’t make much sense to throw them in the dump because that’s fighting against the planet right there. However, what if we could use these batteries for lesser means, you know, something along the lines of powering a camping trailer. That’s exactly what…

Eco Friendly January 15, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

Large Scale Batteries – an integral part of renewable energy

As people against renewable energy have pointed out, the sun does not always shine, the wind does not always blow and what will we do then? Well, the answer is simple, honestly. Batteries, we need batteries which is why in the coming years some people think we’ll see a rise in large batteries.

Eco Friendly November 20, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

Bacteria “Batteries” – bacteria may be key to turning waste water into energy

Waste water, the stuff that you flush and let run down the drain, generally not thought off as something that’s worth anything but it turns out that it may hiding the secret for some renewable energy. Turns out that it has a lot of potential for useful applications and purple bacteria may help us make use of it.

Gadgets November 2, 2018 posted by Donyae Coles

Any Battery LED Flashlight – this flashlight works with whatever batteries you have

You may have a flashlight but keeping the batteries around for it is always a struggle. Whenever you really need it, always seems like the batteries are dead or dying and you never have fresh ones in the right size. Struggle no more with the Any Battery LED Flashlight.

Gadgets July 18, 2017 posted by Donyae Coles

Powerplay Wireless Charging System – stop buying mouse batteries

Wireless mice are far superior to the wired kind except for one thing, battery life. With a wired mouse, you never have to worry about the battery running low or living with lag because the poor thing is running out juice. That is unless you get the Powerplay Wireless Charging System.

Eco Friendly June 28, 2017 posted by Donyae Coles

Urban Mining – turning old batteries into new

You probably don’t think much about magnets outside of hanging something on your fridge but these common items are actually part of many technologies that we have come to rely on, outside of hanging notes up. Urban Mining wants to make them more sustainable for a greener future.

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