Electronics & Semiconductors
Perhaps the most frustrating limitation of owning an all-electric car is how long it takes to fully charge the battery. For a Tesla, for example, it takes about 40 minutes to charge it to 80% capacity using the most powerful ...
Mar 24, 2021
0
276
Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-ion batteries are recognized for their high energy density in everything from mobile phones to laptop computers and electric vehicles, but as the need for grid-scale energy storage and other applications becomes more ...
Jul 17, 2020
0
69
Hi Tech & Innovation
What about enjoying enhanced virtual surround sound audio? That is a gift to the ears that has been proposed by inventors at Apple, in the form of a patent filing focused on a type of audio system, fundamentally, virtual ...
Computer Sciences
NIALM (Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring) can "sense" appliances using electrical power. NIALM is used in homes and small buildings. For this, NIALM can require hundreds of labeled power signal images from each appliance ...
Nov 21, 2022
0
55
Internet
US teens have left Facebook in droves over the past seven years, preferring to spend time at video-sharing venues YouTube and TikTok, according to a Pew Research Center survey data out Wednesday.
Aug 10, 2022
0
16
Consumer & Gadgets
European officials on Tuesday agreed the text of a proposed EU law imposing a standard charger for smartphones, tablets and laptops sold in the bloc, in a blow to Apple.
Jun 7, 2022
0
290
Consumer & Gadgets
Imagine a laptop computer with all the modern benefits of an iPhone—a machine that could last for hours and hours, ran quietly and do several things at once, without bottling up.
Dec 8, 2020
0
6
Internet
Less than two years after photo-sharing mobile app Instagram launched a decade ago, its founders made the "gut-wrenching" decision to sell it to Facebook in a $1 billion deal.
Oct 2, 2020
0
4
Consumer & Gadgets
Apple's new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make its tablet even more like a laptop computer.
Mar 18, 2020
0
23
Other
We're all playing Russian roulette with devices powered by lithium ion batteries.
Nov 20, 2019
0
3
