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Have You Had the Chance to Use the USB-C Port Yet?
Posted by Tom Bishop onWe have been excited about USB-C since it hit the market. We are now working hard to equip our AA and AAA batteries with USB-C ports (C, D, and 9V already have two ports on...
Make This the Summer You Switch to Rechargeable Batteries
Posted by Tom Bishop onThis past winter was a long one. With COVID still a problem in so many places, many of us wondered if we were in store for yet another spring and summer of mask wearing...
How We Got from USB 1.0 to USB-C
Posted by Tom Bishop onTechnology evolves. That is how we got from disposable alkaline batteries to USB-C rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. But getting from there to here wasn't just an evolution of battery technology. It was also an evolution...
USB-C Is Coming – It Will Be a Real Game-Changer
Posted by Tom Bishop onSince our company's inception, we have talked a lot about USB rechargeable batteries. In the coming weeks and months, you are going to start seeing us put more emphasis on USB-C technology. USB-C is coming,...
How Many Different Ways Do You Use the USB Ports?
Posted by Tom Bishop onThe humble USB port is so prolific in modern society that it is difficult to imagine life without it. It's enough to make one wonder whether the original creators had any idea how popular their...
A World Without Batteries Is Almost Unimaginable
Posted by Tom Bishop onItaly's Alessandro Volta is largely credited with inventing the first modern battery in 1800. His voltaic pile was an electrochemical battery utilizing copper, zinc, and brine-soaked paper. The lessons he learned developing the battery laid...
Universal USB Power: A Revolution That Has Stalled
Posted by Tom Bishop onAs recently as 2013, tech writers and futurists were predicting a rise in USB power delivery that would be so widespread it would threaten the existence of the current AC system. What was being called...