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Inductive chargers have been kicking around for a while now, but Energizer’s new charging platter is the first to utilize Qi technology—the new universal standard for inductive charging. That’s one small step closer to total freedom from cables.

Qi, which was recently approved as the inductive(…)

The nPower PEG charger “harvests” your kinetic energy as a source of renewable power, allowing you to keep your phone or other small device running while away from outlets. Running, biking, or even just walking will keep the electricity flowing.

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Microsoft just introduced InstaLoad, a new battery technology that allows batteries to be placed in any direction without regard to positive or negative polarity. Meaning you can put a battery in however you want and it’ll just work. It’s genius.

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What do you get when you combine some xenon, some fluoride, and pressures similar to those found at the center of the Earth? You get an ultra-battery, capable of storing more condensed energy than any other battery ever built.

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Seems like only yesterday I was powering an LCD clock with a potato and now Israeli researchers are using a similar approach to create a battery that could help solve the developing world’s energy problems.

In this case the potato is boiled to(…)