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The First Smartphone Battery Ever
The first smartphone battery ever to reach consumers, used nickel-cadmium chemistry. It powered the IBM…
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Battery Basics
Nickel Cadmium Batteries May Overheat
You may be surprised to hear that nickel cadmium batteries may overheat. They are one…
Battery Technical
Smoke From a UPS Aboard a Ship
The International Marine Contractors Association published a post on November 7, 2025, concerning smoke from…
Battery Basics
Which Battery Do I Need And Why?
When we are shopping in a rush, it can be quite confusing to decide which…
Battery Basics
Data Center Battery Sustainability By Type
Data center administrators are pulled in two directions, writes Eric Hill in Data Center Dynamics.…
Battery Basics
Lead-Acid Versus Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
On the face of it, nickel-cadmium (NiCad) technology should beat lead-acid hands down. Among other…
Battery Basics
Popular Types of Batteries in Use Today
There are two popular types of batteries readily available to consumers. The first of these…
Battery Basics
Facts About Batteries for Kids
There’s so much hype going around, some folk forget their battery basics. And then purchase…
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Waldemar Jungner Invents NiCad Battery
Waldemar Jungner was a Swedish inventor-engineer born to two church ministers in 1869. That was…
Battery Basics
Faithful Pagers Take a Bow and Exit
The old people born before the third industrial revolution treated pagers with awe. This was…