You’re probably already accustomed to mooching free wi-fi whenever you visit a friend, but according to a new patent Sony filed just last Friday, the company wants you to be able to steal power from a friend’s phone as well, without having to connect a single cable. Before you get too excited about the prospect…
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The Samsung Note 7 Batteries Factory Caught On Fire
Samsung just can’t catch a break. Last year, its flagship Note 7 smartphones started exploding — and now one of the factories responsible for making them has caught fire. Waste products, including faulty batteries, caused the fire at the Chinese factory, owned by Samsung affiliate company Samsung SDI. It described it as a “minor fire,”…
Make Electricity And Fire From A Lemon
If I call lemons a perfect battery that produces little electricity and fire, you might not believe me. Unlike rubbing two sticks together and generating friction, the process of turning a lemon into a working battery is pretty simple. Apart from a healthy lemon, you need copper and zinc electrodes, some steel wool and a…
SanDisk made an iPhone case with built-in storage
Since Apple insists on continuing to sell a 16GB iPhone in 2016 like its totally okay, mobile storage will continue to be an issue for millions of people for some time. SanDisk is trying to alleviate that problem with its iXpand Memory Case, an iPhone case with flash storage built in that connects via the Lightning…
Microsoft: Edge Browser More Power-Efficient Than Chrome
As anyone with a battery-powered device knows, every second counts. Not surprisingly, Microsoft says its Edge browser is the most power-efficient browser around. Redmond took four Surface Books and streamed a high-definition video wirelessly on each device using Edge, Chrome, Opera, and Firefox. Average power consumption put Edge in the lead. Chrome, Opera (with battery-saver mode…