Battery Technology — Posts
16 posts on "Battery Technology" by Shlomo Strauss — bilingual writing on technology, science, and business.
- Why low-frequency sound waves could replace water in firefighting — Low-frequency sound waves offer a quiet, waterless method to safely extinguish fires without damaging sensitive electronics or lithium batteries.
- How USB-C Laptop Charging Became Safe Enough for the EU Mandate — A new EU law mandates USB-C charging for laptops, made possible by hardware solutions that prevent the short circuits that once burned motherboards.
- How Tesla solved the battery and heat problems that held back — From cylindrical cells with interleaved cooling tubes to a structural battery floor, a look at the engineering breakthroughs behind Tesla's thermal and…
- How a Japanese toilet maker became a key supplier to the chip — Toto's mastery of ceramic shrinkage, developed for luxury toilets, led to an electrostatic wafer-holding technology now in high demand as AI chip…
- Sodium batteries: a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium — Sodium-ion batteries offer lower cost, improved safety, and better cold-weather performance than lithium, though their lower energy density currently…
- Hydrogen cars: how they work and what is holding them back — From the electrochemistry of the fuel cell to the challenges of green hydrogen production, a clear look at the technology, its promise, and its current…
- From mining waste to battery materials: olivine's unlikely second — A New Zealand startup has developed a process to extract magnesium, silicate, and battery-grade NMC from olivine powder — an industrial waste product — in
- Why your jeans are yellow before they turn blue — the chemistry of — A concise look at indigo's history and chemistry — from death penalties for smuggling it to a Nobel-winning synthesis and the redox reaction behind every…
- The KI standard wants to turn your kitchen countertop into a wireless — The WPC's new KI wireless charging standard supports up to 2200W through solid surfaces like wood and marble, potentially eliminating power cords from…
- Fool's gold and its surprising potential in clean energy — Pyrite, long dismissed as fool's gold, is a natural semiconductor that researchers are investigating for use in solar cells and high-capacity lithium…
- BYD's YangWang U9 hits 392 km/h and challenges the EV speed record — The Chinese-built YangWang U9 supercar packs 1,306 hp across four motors and tops out near 392 km/h, placing it just behind the Rimac Nevera as the…
- Why batteries explode under pressure — A step-by-step look at battery anatomy and the chain reaction that turns physical pressure into fire and heat.
- Serbia's lithium protests expose the environmental cost of the EV — As automakers celebrate Rio Tinto's renewed lithium mining license in Serbia, mass protests highlight the ecological destruction that fuels the green…
- A full charge in 4 minutes: the real cost of ultra-fast charging — Realme set a world record with 320W charging, but the tradeoff is accelerated battery wear — which explains why Apple and Samsung deliberately cap their…
- Solid-state batteries and why they matter more than you think — Solid-state batteries promise faster charging, greater safety, and longer lifespan — and a Chinese company claims to have already shipped them in budget…
- Mighty Buildings prints modular homes in 3D and ships them to your — Mighty Buildings uses giant 3D printers to produce modular home components that a four-person crew can assemble in four days, claiming five times the…