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Find innovative solutions for design engineering challenges in battery management systems. Discover the latest battery system applications in wearables, autonomous vehicles, and other electronic systems.

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5 Ws: Energy
Learn the Who, What, Where, Why, and When for an ocean battery that holds onto excess energy from offshore wind farms.
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Blog: Energy
Are we really ready for hydrogen fuel cell trucks? An industry expert from Toyota talks about how hydrogen power is already being used in Los Angeles.
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Special Reports: Materials
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Test & Measurement - February 2022
From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...

Articles: Energy
As light-duty and commercial-purpose battery electric vehicles (EVs) catch on, better, faster, and smarter battery recharging is on the way.
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Articles: Power
A "Blade" battery has significant market potential in energy storage applications.
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Articles: Energy
A new model visualizes the relationship between hydrodynamic and electrochemical phenomena.
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Articles: Power
Create systems that efficiently and accurately complete testing cycles.
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Briefs: Energy
Two-dimensional MXene provides fast redox and high-rate energy storage.
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Briefs: Energy
This technology has potential as a portable power supply in several applications, including electric vehicles, cellphones, and wearable technology.
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Briefs: Power
The discovery could enable lightweight, low-cost, long-lasting energy storage for electric vehicles, houses, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
A highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery generates, stores, and redelivers renewable electricity from the Sun in one device.
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Briefs: AR/AI
A machine learning method promises to predict battery health with 10 times higher accuracy than the current industry standard.
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Briefs: Materials
The material could pave the way for better, safer solid-state batteries.
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Briefs: Energy
The device is stretchy enough to wear like a ring, a bracelet, or any other accessory that touches the skin.
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Products: Energy
Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
The biofuel cells can power wearable electronics purely by using human sweat.
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Briefs: Materials
The battery charges faster than a lithium-ion battery and is fire-safe and eco-friendly.
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Briefs: Energy
A new design could extend the shelf-life of single-use metal-air batteries for electric vehicles, off-grid storage, and other applications.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The method replenishes lithium in electrodes while keeping the existing structure intact.
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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will ‘Ocean Batteries’ Catch On?
Our lead story today highlights an innovative energy approach from a Netherlands-based company called Ocean Grazer. Tied to existing wind farms, the team’s “Ocean Battery” pumps water from solid subsea reservoirs into flexible bladders located just above the seabed. When there is a demand for power, the...
Technology Leaders: Power
To ensure the availability of a UPS system, proper consideration must be taken of each application and its requirements.
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Podcasts: Energy
Dr. Frits Bliek and his team at Ocean Grazer are building an "Ocean Battery" that brings hydrodam technology to the sea.
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Blog: Energy
For hydrogen-powered engines to reach a mainstream adoption, there are questions about infrastructure and regulation that must be answered.
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INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
The aging energy grid is being pushed to the breaking point. Power outages from extreme weather alone cost anywhere from $2 billion to $77 billion per year. And some isolated communities still rely on...
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Blog: Energy
An everyday material that we all know well may lead to safer, longer-lasting batteries for the electric vehicle.
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Blog: Automotive
What's so tough about developing a car? A Tech Briefs reader wants to know the most challenging subsystem of the vehicle to build.
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Special Reports: Transportation
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Vehicle Electrification - January 2022
Innovation is happening at a rapid pace in the e-mobility space. Read this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Truck & Off-Highway Engineering to learn about...

Facility Focus: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Purdue University is helping to create better battery monitoring, stretchable biosensors, allergen detectors, and more.
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