Toshiba Battery Prototype : 10 Minutes Charged & Up They Go [ October 2nd, 2008 ] Posted in » gadget, lead story, peripherals

Last year there are rumors about Toshiba is going to sell instant rechargeable battery. Well now this battery prototype has been shown to public.

While displaying this battery prototype called Super Charge Ion Battery (SCIB), the Japanese electronic company claimed that within 10 minutes, SCIB can be recharged up to 90 percent of its capacity. Quoted from ITnews, this battery is made from material that offer stability against high temperature and avoid overheating. SCIB is claimed to be able to be recharge up to five to six thousand times. While, lithium-ion battery will usually stand out only for 500 times recharge. Will this battery be the battery of the future gadget?? We’ll see

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One Billion Cellphones Can Spread Toxic On Earth

The mobile technology is growing really fast and new models of cellphones are coming out continuously. This trend makes people change their cellphone more rapidly, which brings an inevitable negative effects. Around one billion used cellphones in United States are potentially poisoned mother earth. This shocking data was published by CollectiveGood, a cellphone recycling company in USA.

People in USA have an average of 3.5 unused used-phones. Users of mobile phone in US, which are around 257 million contribute 155 million used phones that ready to be thrown to trash bin every year. According to CollectiveGood, this trend makes around one billion used phones potentially piling up the earth.

This amount is really amazing thus if we do not put it into account, it can poison soil component, water and air in century time. It happens because when we throw away the phones, its poisoning material such as mercury or arsenic is released to environment. To handle this problem, CollectiveGood is making sure that used phones have to be dealt carefully to minimize their effect to the environment.

June 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments

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