Customisable battery charges for mobile emergency services
08 January, 2007Amtex Electronics has developed a customisable battery charger that maintains voltage levels in emergency service and rapid response vehicles.
Hybrid electric vehicle made possible
04 December, 2006 by Elizabeth Latham, JournalistThe electric car has been a dream in the pipelines since the early 19th century but has always seemed out of reach because of battery life, cost and weight. Now a hybrid electric vehicle has been made possible with the development of a long-life battery
Battery life extension
11 September, 2006A method of improving battery power and extending its charge holding capacity has been developed by chemists in Britain.
Battery for high-temperature environments
06 September, 2006GS Yuasa has released a standby power battery that has been specifically designed to survive in high temperature applications.
Premier Batteries - 20 years on
05 May, 2006Premier Batteries commenced business in 1986 in a small factory unit at Chipping Norton. Today they have grown, changed direction, moved to larger premises and evolved to be the largest local manufacturer of two-way radio batteries in Australia
Harnessing viruses to build super batteries
07 April, 2006MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small ‘nanowire’ structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries.
Finding a good catalyst for fuel cell anodes
24 February, 2006Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered that ceria (or cerium dioxide) is a good catalyst for fuel cell anodes.
Battery extends implantable's life
15 February, 2006With 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.
Power tool batteries
01 February, 2006Premier Batteries now offer power tool batteries for all major brands, Atlas Copco, Bosch, Dewalt, Milwalkee, Makita, Metabo, Panasonic, Ryobi.
Batteries for life
05 November, 2005 by Sol Jacobs, Tadiran BatteriesThe world is going wireless. Currently, there are about 80 million wireless-monitoring systems in use worldwide. Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently outlined 12 top requirements for an ideal wireless sensor
Can you trust a low-cost battery?
05 July, 2005 by Isidor Buchmann, Cadex ElectronicsThe battery pack is a mystical black box that does not change size, weight and colour during its lifetime. Neither does it reveal the charge level and state-of-health. And yet, the battery plays a key role in many portable applications
Battery breakthrough puts NZ on the map
05 February, 2005Two electrochemists at Massey University have come up with a formula that could rock the foundations of the $200 billion global battery market. Keith Newman backgrounds this new 'disruptive technology'
Biothermal battery
04 November, 2004Biophan Technologies, a US company, has developed the Biothermal battery, based on the use of thermoelectric materials, using nanoscale-based, thin-film materials to convert thermal energy produced naturally by the human body into electrical energy.
Does internal resistance reveal battery capacity?
05 October, 2004 by Isidor Buchmann, CEO, Cadex Electronics*During the last 20 years, three basic battery rapid test methods have emerged. All methods are resistance based, a characteristic that reveals the battery's ability to deliver load current
Grant for battery research
14 June, 2004Perth company Hitec Energy has been offered an Australian Government R&D start grant for a mineral extraction process that produces the key ingredient for alkaline batteries in a more cost-effective way.
