With a string of LEDs and a nine volt battery, redditor jingle_balls123 made a lit Christmas tree. He writes, "This is how I decorated my cubicle."Perfect. Just perfect.Link...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/12/9-Volt-Christmas-Tree/
It keeps going...and going...and going. Karpen's Pile, a battery built in Romania, has been providing power since the 1950s: The prototype has been assembled in 1950 and consists of two series-connected electric pile...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/04/the-battery-thats-been-operating-continuously-for-the-past-60-years/
A research team by Jianyu Huang (pictured) at Sand... ...st the common belief of workers in the field that batteries swell across their diameter, not longitudinally....
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/12/scientists-create-worlds-smallest-battery/
DARPA-funded research is developing batteries to power nano-scale machinery. The largest of th... ...power nano-scale machinery. The largest of these batteries will be the size of a grain of sand. UCLA resear... ...same energy densities as traditional lithium ion batteries...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/20/batteries-smaller-than-a-grain-of-sand/
The Evolta robot -- the mascot of Panasonic's line... ...Evolta robot -- the mascot of Panasonic's line of batteries -- will roll 500 kilometers from Tokyo to Kyoto.... ...eters from Tokyo to Kyoto. It's powered by 12 AA batteries , and the trip is meant to serve as a public demon... ...s meant to serve as a...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/22/tiny-robot-to-roll-from-tokyo-to-kyoto/
Remember when you were a kid and you pulled a stri... ...g? Well, I do! Now that principle can charge your batteries . The YoGen hand-held charger was displayed at the...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/01/11/charge-by-string/
Researchers at Toyota and Tohuku University in nor... ...ress in their efforts to extend the charge in the batteries of electric vehicles: Existing lithium-ion batteries have a cathode that contains graphite and polycry...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/17/new-batteries-for-electric-cars-could-last-ten-times-longer/
