#Batteries

Tell me s’more: Five alternate ways to charge your mobile phone

In 1973 when Motorola engineer Martin Cooper created the first mobile phone prototype it weighed around 1.1 kilos (iPhone 6 […]

Outline of person wearing technology

Dead battery? Charge it with your clothes

By Philippa Nicole Barr, Macquarie University and Glenn Platt, CSIRO What if you could leave home, safe in the knowledge that […]

Dr Lan Lam holding the UltraBattery.

Charging ahead in the motoring world

This year’s Tokyo Motor Show featured the full gamut of the car world’s creativity – from sporty tractors and sleek […]

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

By Adam Best, Senior Research Scientist, Energy Technology. Imagine having a wafer-thin touchscreen on your sleeve which, like a scene […]

Hybrid Electric vehicle using UltraBattery technology

Smooth operator: CSIRO's UltraBattery

Today we celebrate the career of Dr Lan Lam – the primary inventor of CSIRO’s UltraBattery – an invention putting […]