Future Perfect Self-powered portable batteries

Conventional batteries need to be recharged at regular intervals from a power outlet. Also, they have a short life as they become useless after some time. All of this has prompted researchers in different parts of the world to develop new technologies that would increase the life of batteries and also offer the users an Eco-friendly way to keep all of their electronic gadgets running. And, along with the increasing number of gadgets, some researchers have also developed self-charging portable batteries to address all the cost and environmental concerns associated with conventional batteries.

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Photovoltaic polarizers could make self-charging smartphone dreams come true

There’s nothing worse than losing the charge on your iPhone at the company picnic. But fear not, you won’t be stranded Twitter-less next to the potato salad if UCLA’s new energy recycling LCD technology ever makes it to market. According to its inventors, the traditional LCD polarization process loses as much as 75 percent of light energy — something that eats around 80 to 90 percent of the device’s power.

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The advancements that are being made in battery technology are pretty mind boggling. We are seeing devices that are drawing power from just about every source that is imaginable, and now there is battery technology from researchers at Imperial College London that may actually have devices that create their own power. From cell phones to cars and everything in between, there may eventually be nothing more needed that to actually use the device.

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