(March 31, 2016) Toshiba recently issued a voluntary recall on its laptop battery packs for potential burn and fire hazards from overheating. According to ConsumerReports.org, the battery packs were manufactured by Panasonic and installed in 39 of Toshiba’s laptop models, including the “Mini Notebook, Portégé, Satellite, Satellite Pro, and Tecra lines of PCs”. But “any laptop … [Read more...]
Laptops May Start Producing Far Less Heat
(May 10, 2016) Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s postdoc Cui-Zu Chang and his colleagues have been “working to create devices with components which have little [to no] resistance to the flow of electricity” in laptops, according to TechRadar.com. Topological insulators, or, “exceptionally thin materials with special properties, which let electrons flow freely across the … [Read more...]
Tesla Powerwall Comes with Unexpected, Loud Electronic Hum
With the recent residential installations of Tesla’s Powerwall home battery systems, customers have been reporting an unwanted loud electronic humming sound . Breitbart.com reported, “a German customer measured a noise level from a Powerwall installed in his garage in February at more than 80 decibels,” which was continuous and audible “in the whole house.” “I was told that … [Read more...]
New Material Cools Solar Cells Yet Absorbs Sunlight
Recently, researchers from Stanford University have achieved a combination of cooling and maintaining sunlight absorption with a wafer made of silica to better cool solar cells, according to BusinessWire.com. BusinessWire.com explained, “The researchers etched tapered holes, about 6 micrometers across and 10 micrometers deep, in the wafer. The holes are designed to smooth the … [Read more...]
New USB Type-C Connectors and Cable Assemblies
Heilind Electronics has recently added Molex USB Type-C shielded I/O connectors and cable assemblies to its stock. The Type-C connectors offer a “more compact design” with “greater PCB savings, while allowing high-frequency mating in data, consumer, automotive, and industrial I/O applications,” according to Heilind. Heilind also said it’s “Type-C receptacles have a tongued … [Read more...]
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