Jelly batteries all set for cheaper and thinner gadgets
With the Ultrabook fad in full-swing, and smartphone makers always keen to stress just how skinny their new devices are, there becomes a point where the power being supplied is compromised because smaller batteries simply aren’t up to the job. But that’s where a new polymer jelly developed by boffins at the University of Leeds comes into play. For not only is the jelly safer than the liquid electrolyte currently used in most lithium batteries, it will also mean more power at a fraction of a cost. “The polymer gel looks like a solid film, but it actually contains about 70 per cent liquid electrolyte,” explained the study’s lead author, Professor Ian Ward.
Too Busy To Read Your Tweets? This Teddy Bear can help (via Bit Rebels)
What is this?! It doesn’t fit in my CD player!
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Birth Machine - by H.R. Giger
The Tree Planting Robot is good for carrying 320 seedlings, with each one in a biodegradable plastic protective barrier that protects it from plant-eating insects
Compact camper takes bloggers off the beaten track
If you’re a true child of the Internet, you’ll find leaving your home comforts behind something of a challenge – but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re not afflicted with wanderlust. Thankfully, designer Cornelius Comanns has come up with the perfect transportation for you: the Bufalino.
Designed to be the smallest camper ‘van’ imaginable, the Bufalino is based around a Piaggio APE 50 three-wheeled light transporter – as often seen on the streets of Thailand. Unlike the original, which was developed to carry small loads easily and quickly to their destination, the Bufalino includes all the comforts of home.
Packed into the somewhat cramped interior is a kitchen – complete with hobs for heating your meals – nine independent storage compartments for all your necessaries – plus an overhead compartment for bedding – a fold-out bed, a work table big enough to fit a laptop on, and there’s still room for a driver’s seat at the front.
11 Things the Simpsons Got Right about 2010... in 1995!
Worth a look and a read. The Simpsons’ writers nailed a few things when predicting what life would be like 15 years in the future.
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