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Thermal Runaway and Personal Safety
We spent our last two posts explaining the phenomenon of lithium-ion batteries overheating, and entering thermal runaway. We shared how…
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Difference Between Adaptation & Mitigation
There is no doubt that Climate Change is happening and there is definite action being taken in a number of ways…
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How to Make a Simple Electric Motor
An electric motor stripped to its essentials is a device a magnetic field causes to rotate. All the other bits…
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16-Volt Batteries: Hot Tips for Racers
Connecting battery cells in series increases total voltage, whereas doing this in parallel increases capacity. Hence a 6-Volt lead-acid battery…
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Heroic Rescues Involving Batteries
Batteries have become an indispensable part of our lives, on account of the devices they power. We think of smartphones,…