Sentences with phrase «of traditional batteries»

The metal - coated microbe can thus be used to build energy - storage devices with a power density much higher than that of traditional batteries, says Paula Hammond, a self - assembly expert who helped develop the technique.

This spray - on battery breaks down the elements of a traditional battery and incorporates them into a liquid that can be spray painted in layers onto almost any surface.

Not exact matches

Using polymer, as opposed to a liquid catalyst of the sort used in more traditional car batteries, allows for a gradual discharge of energy, thereby optimizing battery efficiency.

Traditional hybrids like the Toyota Prius have both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor; most of them charge their batteries through braking.

OK, so that's pretty technical, but essentially it boils down to this: the ultracapacitor / lithium - ion battery replaces the traditional lead - acid battery in the hood of your car, and it stops and starts when the car is idling, reducing both emissions and fuel use.

After the sun goes down, the battery takes over, providing power independent of the traditional utility grid.

Nano One Materials Corp. (TSXV: N NO) has captured the imagination of investors with a disruptive technology that can short - cut the traditional way of making cathode material used in lithium - ion batteries and ultimately improve their performance.

Overall, this monitor is leaps and bounds ahead of our old, traditional battery - operated «walkie talkie» type monitor.

[You know] the traditional problem that is the, sort of, the big roadblock, if you will, which stopped a lot of electric car development and going forward, [is that], you know, the batteries are a big limiting factor.

This prototype combines the traditional energy storage capabilities of a lithium - ion battery with the added benefit of being able to scale it up like a flow battery.

PolyPlus is just one of several better battery - makers that ARPA — e is funding, all attempting to improve on a standard lithium ion battery's roughly 400 watt - hours per kilogram — the reason why all - electric cars don't have the long - distance range of a traditional automobile.

Believing that traditional psychometric tests are too abstract and crude to assess memory loss in normal people, Wesnes and Crook developed a battery of computerised tests based on everyday tasks involving verbal and visual recall.

«With ample supply of oxygen from the atmosphere, metal - air batteries have drastically higher theoretical energy density than either traditional aqueous batteries or lithium - ion batteries,» he said.

The Rice team's pacemaker combines the battery accessibility of the traditional device with the wireless feature of the 2016 version.

To store 50 hours of energy from a 1 - megawatt power capacity wind turbine (50 megawatt - hours), for example, a possible solution would be to buy traditional batteries with 50 megawatt - hours of energy storage, but they'd come with 50 megawatts of power capacity.

Rice's microsupercapacitors charge 50 times faster than batteries, discharge more slowly than traditional capacitors and match commercial supercapacitors for both the amount of energy stored and power delivered.

The design permits larger amounts of energy to be stored at lower cost than with traditional batteries.

Traditional lead - acid batteries (like the one that starts your car) produce energy for as little as one - tenth the cost of lithium batteries, but they wear out more quickly and are heavy.

Traditional items like printed posters, handouts, public announcement systems and live actors add more than just variety of message delivery, they also keep the less technically savvy players engaged and provide an alternative point of engagement in the event of unexpected technical failures (i.e., wifi outage, dead batteries, etc..)

According to Jaguar Land Rover director of research and technology Dr. Wolfgang Epple, the HVAC system can suck up to 40 percent of an electric car's battery range, while air conditioning can cut range on a traditional combustion engine by up to 20 percent.

BMW already says a traditional hybrid version of the 5 Series, called the ActiveHybrid, but the plug - in will have a much larger battery so it can drive for moderate distances with the gasoline engine shut off.

Also, this kind of failure is not likely to show on a traditional battery test so getting this battery covered under warranty (if it has one) may be difficult.

Two of them are used in place of a traditional driveshaft and differential to power the rear wheels, while the third motor supplements engine torque to the front wheels and uses regenerative braking energy to feed a lithium - ion battery pack.

This provides a weight - saving of some 12 kilograms and is smaller than a traditional onboard lead - acid 12 - volt battery.

New set of tires and new battery CarLotz is not your traditional dealership!

The new MSHS combines the elements of a Toyota / Lexus traditional full hybrid powertrain — including a 220 kW, 348 N · m 3.5 - liter V6 gasoline engine, electric motor and lithium - ion battery pack — with a 4 - speed automatic gearbox mounted at the rear of the hybrid transmission.

Unlike traditional scooter designs, the escooter's motor is mounted in the hub of the rear wheel and the batteries and electronics systems are mounted into the frame.

One of those traditional practices being reconsidered might well be Toyota's stance that hybrids and plug - in hybrids with small batteries are the best answer to the broad range of consumer needs rather than large battery EVs.

The idea behind the RFID - based tech, which incorporates a battery - free transponder, is that traditional key fobs can be inconvenient to carry around — especially when engaging in the sort of lifestyle activities that SUV advertisements promise everyone is into.

The Vue Green Line 2 Mode is equipped with a «fully blended» electro - hydraulic brake system that enables 100 - percent regenerative braking (batteries are charged during braking), 100 - percent friction braking (traditional four - wheel disc braking) or a combination of the two.

In order to keep the orientation of the traditional A3's cabin intact, one battery is mounted in the center tunnel between the left and right passengers, and another battery is below the load floor in the trunk area.

Thanks to the lack of traditional drivetrain components and a cabin formed from carbon fiber, the truck weighs thousands of pounds less, furthering its handling characteristics and battery charge.

To make the all - electric range useful, however, means large and heavy battery packs, so if most of your trips are longer, a regular hybrid or a traditional gas or diesel - powered vehicle might be more cost effective.

«The intense winter test drive is designed to examine and fine - tune traditional automotive aspects like suspension and driving dynamics, but in the case of the Electric Performance Hybrid, the drivetrain and batteries were also under scrutiny --- in one of the coldest places on the planet,» Polestar said.

LG's Optimus Black's screen also uses twice as less power as AMOLED screens and half as much as the traditional LCD screens, which in turn aids the longevity of the battery life of the handset.

One of the advantages of traditional e-readers is their long battery life.

Asus claims they have addressed this with a lower placement of the tab's battery, and in our hands - on this claim seemed borne out, with the docked assembly displaying a much lower centre of gravity, more like a traditional notebook.

e-Reader companies could eliminate the traditional Lithium Ion batteries and cut down on the weight of the device by almost half.

The YotaPhone 2 is a high - end Android phone with a large e-paper display on the back that uses no power when displaying static images and graphics, greatly extending battery life when used often instead of the traditional front display.

It uses two thirds of the space of a traditional keyboard, has a six - month battery life based on two - hours non-stop use each day and it connects to your iPad Pro via Bluetooth rather than the Smart Connector.

The BlackBerry Z10's battery life is somewhere in the middle of a traditional BlackBerry device and current generation smartphones as you won't need to run to your charger on a nightly basis if you use your Z10 on a regular basis, but instead, needing to recharge it on a semi-nightly basis.

The lack of a traditional display is kinda compensated negatively by the low battery power.

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The Novo 8 Discovery compares in size to the current 8» iPad mini, providing a compact size, yet has 67 % more screen space than a traditional 7 inch tablet — and this new model matches most features of the upcoming Acer Iconia A1 but at a better price, and with a more powerful battery (5000 mAh) as well as twice the Memory.

The e-paper display uses no power to display static information and graphics, greatly extending battery life when used often instead of the traditional front display.

Traditional on - vehicle digital displays like LCD or LED required excessive amounts of energy to run, putting significant strain on the truck's battery and causing the display to overheat, made worse in direct sunlight.

The FLEPia's color electronic paper requires more battery power, draining a charge much faster than traditional e-ink devices, and it takes several seconds to redraw a page, all depending on the amount of color resolution you wish to achieve.

Use battery operated flickering lights in place of the traditional candles in your carved pumpkin.

Undergraduate students choose a major in their second year, after completing a battery of traditional drawing, painting, composition, and construction classes in their first or «Foundation» year.

In recent decades and years, the prices of solar photovoltaics (PV) and batteries have decreased sharply, which has in turn increased the incentive for self - consumption (e.g., traditional electricity consumers producing parts of their electricity consumption themselves and thus becoming «prosumers»).