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TechCrunch blog founder Michael Arrington says his Crunchpad web tablet is getting closer to becoming a reality, with prototypes due by month’s end. Arrington also told the San Francisco Business Times that he has formed a Singapore company, Crunchpad, Inc., to manufacture the device.

The touchscreen tablet, designed for web surfing, video chat, and light email use, is eerily similar to Microsoft’s failed “Mira” eHome wireless smart display, which PC World recently named one of the “10 Dumbest Tech Products So Far”.

The question for this morning is what the CrunchPad will have to do differently to avoid making such a list in the future? My suggestions:

1. Be superthin, like a legal pad.

2. Run for days without recharging and use a cordless recharger.

3. Have a great color touchscreen.

4. Android seems a good choice for an operating system.

5. Find a way to beat Amazon in the Kindle e-book business.

6. Find a way to (if necessary) beat Apple in the mediapad business.

7. Survive when dropped onto a wood floor in my house.

8. Sell for $99.95. Or not more than$199.95. I think the market is price-sensitive. This needs to be a brainless purchase.

I am not sure that accomplishing all those things will save what seems to be, essentially, a project driven by Arrington’s legendary ego, from some future “10 worst” list. But, it will help.

Speaking of the list, our June edition, included my own pick for dumbest product of all time, the Digital Convergence CueCat, a small scanner that was supposed to read barcodes added to newspaper and magazine ads and take you to the associated Web sites. It was backed by the Dallas Morning News, which gives you some idea why newspapers are in trouble. But, I digress.

David Coursey had a CueCat and lived to tell. He tweets as techinciter and can be reached directly via the form at www.coursey.com/contact.

A U.S. company will seek legal action against Lenovo, Acer, and battery-c-69_123.html”title=”" >Sony next week over their shipment in China of controversial software that the company says stole its programming code.

Solid Oak Software may also take action against other PC makers that have started shipping the software, a company spokeswoman said in an e-mail late Thursday. She declined to give details of the action, but the company previously said it might seek a U.S. court injunction to stop PC vendors from shipping the program.

The software, an Internet filtering tool that blocks pornographic and political content, copied files from Solid Oak’s own Internet content control product, according to the company.

In recent weeks China ordered domestic and foreign PC makers to bundle the software, called Green Dam Youth Escort, with all computers sold in the country. It postponed the requirement just hours before the original deadline this week, but said it did so only because PC makers needed more time to ship the program.

Lenovo, Acer and Sony have all started shipping the program despite the postponement. Lenovo is providing Green Dam pre-installed or on an enclosed disc for most of its computers that support the program, a spokeswoman said.

Sony is including a setup file for Green Dam on its machines that users can choose to activate or remove, a company spokeswoman said. An Acer representative confirmed the company is also including the program with new machines.

Acer and Lenovo were the world’s third- and fourth-largest PC vendors in the final quarter last year, according to IDC.

All three companies declined to comment on Solid Oak’s plans for legal action.

China says it mandated Green Dam to protect children from “harmful” information online. But critics and foreign industry groups have voiced concerns about the program ranging from free speech and user privacy to security and system stability. Users, however, can choose to remove the program.

Whether China will set a new deadline for PC makers to offer the software remains unclear.

Beijing developed a new type of power battery

Yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology plans to major projects, “Li-ion battery cathode material of lithium manganese oxide of the industrialization of technological development,” the smooth passage of the city of Science and Technology Commission acceptance. Experts said that the city’s scientific research institutions world-wide technical problems to overcome in one fell swoop, in the new type of lithium batteries to achieve a major breakthrough in the development, in order to speed up the development of Beijing to ease the atmosphere of tension and energy issues in urgent need of environmental degradation of the electric vehicle battery to provide the technical support.

It is reported that the project is the city of Science and Technology Commission on the project in October 2002 and three million yuan in support of UNITA by CITIC Technology Co., Ltd. Solid-Lee power to implement major projects. More than two years, the project unit in addition to breakthroughs in the world to assume a key technical challenges, developed a new type of lithium-ion batteries key materials required for the synthesis of lithium manganese oxide of new technology, also developed a new large-capacity lithium-ion battery power and electric buses in the Olympic Games Test vehicle operation to complete the car, continuing to run more than 10,000 miles kilometers battery in good working order.

The city has developed a new type of lithium battery — Lithium Manganese battery, is recognized as the most practical electric vehicle battery power. It is, at present, many domestic users, as well as South Korea, France, the United States a number of companies have begun to trial the products of the project.
“Lithium Manganese” yesterday battery power through the acceptance of 0.68 degrees per kilometer

Electric buses on the road is expected to

Zhi-Bin Hu said Beijing photographic look like powder with the same “black magic” of lithium manganese oxide made large-capacity battery, mounted on a modified “big public”, the breath will be able to run 220 kilometers, while the per kilometer only 0.68 degrees consumption … … Yesterday morning at the Beijing Science and Technology Commission, “lithium ion battery lithium manganese oxide cathode materials for the industrialization of technological development” project acceptance at the meeting, vice mayor of Beijing Fan Boyuan said the first batch of 30 electric city bus, this month is expected to be issued by National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Public Security license. Next year, Beijing is expected to have 200 electric buses put into use.

   Magic “black” security money

Looked at the hands of a staff want to “black” Lithium manganese, it is difficult to imagine it with the volume of production of lithium manganese battery acid than the traditional three times the capacity of lead-acid batteries. “Although mobile phones, digital products, the use of cobalt and manganese lithium battery Lithium battery performance almost, but better than manganese lithium batteries several times the price.” Commitment to the issue of UNITA solid profit technology research and new materials Anping, vice president of hospital told reporters that with this kind of “black magic” in addition to the production of large capacity battery and low-loss, low prices, but also very safe.

The need for transformation of electric buses 500,000 yuan

“Like the appearance of the same standard set by the volume, but left one less car exhaust pipe.” Yesterday, the reporters in Lee solid UNITA Institute of new materials technology has seen a transformation of the electric bus. According to the driver, the bus driver this system has been completely replaced by the motor was originally used to store baggage car “belly” full of batteries. “Although it is more than you, but only 4-5 hours can be filled, and if in accordance with the rated load, full time electricity can travel around 220 kilometers.” It is understood that the car has a top speed of 120 km / h, 0-60 km / h acceleration in less than 26 seconds. A total of 108 of its battery power with the needs of 77 degrees, less wear and tear only 0.68 per kilometer driven degrees. “Battery life for each group of about 200,000 kilometers, so even if the transformation of the cost of electric vehicles with 500,000 yuan, almost the same miles and running cost of the fuel car fairly.”

Electrical products can not enter the public short-term family

Apart from the electrical bus, the AU’s solid profit in the Technology Research Institute of new materials have also seen the electric motorcycle, electric bike or electric van. “However, apart from public transport to a unified solution by the Government, the development of electric vehicles to the private sector would still take some time.” Ping, vice president, said battery electric bicycle can be demolished, but the larger motorcycle, car battery car you need to charge a fixed supporting infrastructure, “this context the need for government funding and venue support, on the one hand, also need to increase the environmental awareness of the public.”

Electric vehicles do not directly use the fuel, including pure battery electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, three broad categories. Study of electric vehicles in Beijing has been included in dozens of major technology projects Olympics. Currently, Beijing has developed electric luxury tourist buses, electric low-floor buses, quasi-electric low-floor buses, such as pure electric bus electric bus 4. “By 2008 we have strived to 1000 run electric buses on the road in Beijing.”

Solar cells

At present, the largest laptop battery and most technologically advanced solar energy production base in Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone. Nanjing, China Light and Power Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd. The total investment in a 30 million U.S. dollars, the first production line put into operation in June, pay close attention to to build production lines to the end of three production lines in operation, form a 100 MW solar cell production scale, than the current National The combined production capacity doubled. National Development and Reform Commission is implementing the “bright work” for 10 billion yuan fund-raising to promote solar power generation technology. China Light and Power Electric Group introduced the Australian team of scientists, Dr. as well as the international most advanced solar energy technology, to build China’s largest production base for solar cells, “Renewable Energy Law” after the enactment dell battery, in the provincial and municipal governments attach great importance to the CLP Group to speed up the adjustment of the deployment implementation plan in 2008 the production of 600 megawatts of solar cells, sales of 15 billion. According to experts, as a new solar energy, has its unique advantages far more than wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, nuclear energy and other resources, is expected to become the main pillars of power supply.

Lake developed a large ultra-high energy lithium battery

Hunan University, 7 March came news of the University Institute of Polymer battery with Professor Li Qi academic leaders have developed a new high-capacity lithium-ion battery technology, use of the technology to produce high-capacity laptop batteries, to ensure a single battery and battery pack homogeneity of security, and notebook computers can continue to stand for more than seven hours.

Research Unit silicon products are not used in the production of solar cells

Silicon Grinm shares (600,206) for the company’s products are raw materials used in the production of solar cells rumors, today issued notice to clarify that the company’s main products for 4,5,6-inch single crystal silicon, mainly used in the production of integrated circuits, can not be used in the production of solar cells. Notice, the solar cell market as a result of rapid growth, resulting in poly-silicon raw material prices. The company’s main raw material is polysilicon, so the purchase price has been rising in 2004. The recent market rumors, a research unit of the product 75uyf battery, 1691p battery, dell inspiron 2500 battery is silicon used in the production of raw materials for solar cells, solar cells as a result of the European market demand, will enable the performance of companies in 2005 increased dramatically.

South Korea to Japan, the United States to make lithium batteries a final anti-dumping

South Korean media reported that the June 30, 2004, Korea Trade Commission of originating in the United States and Japan to make lithium batteries a final anti-dumping decision originally made in Japan and the United States of Li-ion battery charge of the 18.19 percent anti-dumping duty for a period of 3 years. A lithium battery mainly used for cameras, notebooks, equipment and other communications equipment, in 2003, the amount of domestic consumption in Korea about 68 billion won (about 5,800,000 U.S. dollars), accounting for 89.9% of imported products. September 15, 2003, South Korea to Japan and the United States originating in a lithium battery to carry out anti-dumping investigation, February 25, 2004 to make the preliminary ruling, made on June 30 final.

Tsinghua University to capture the automobile lead-acid battery recovery technology

Recently, Tsinghua University experts to capture the “Super recovery of lead-acid battery technology.” This new technical expertise to solve the automotive, electric bicycle and other difficult issues to start, as well as the driving force for innovation and lead-acid battery. As long as a “sub-healthy” state of the lead-acid batteries by adding this delay to protect fluid, can be used in the normal course of sulfide batteries eliminate the battery capacity caused by the phenomenon of decline in auto start difficulties, but also improve the dell inspiron 3700 battery, dell inspiron 3800 battery, dell inspiron 4000 battery deep release characteristics of deep red and low-temperature discharge performance, significantly prevented the irreversible formation of sulfate, thus extending battery life for more than one cycle.

Advanced Micro Devices has quietly released a low-voltage chip that has made its way into a new netbook from Acer, forcing the chip designer into the netbook space.

The single-core AMD Athlon 64 L110 processor is being used by Gateway in the LT3103u netbook, which was announced earlier this week. This is AMD’s first chip to reach netbooks, which are laptops with small screens designed for basic tasks like Web surfing and word processing. Gateway is owned by PC maker Acer.

The low-voltage processor is a variant of the Neo chips that AMD has designed for thin and light laptops, which have larger screens and offer more functionality than netbooks. The Athlon 64 L110 chip runs at a clock speed of 1.2GHz, has 512KB of cache and draws about 13 watts of power.

Most netbooks today carry Intel’s Atom chips, with Via’s low-power Nano processor in a distant second place. AMD in the past has derided netbooks, saying that though the PCs were inexpensive, they didn’t offer full functionality.

So the sudden emergence of an Athlon chip in a netbook comes as a surprise, especially because AMD has repeatedly said it would not enter the netbook space. The company still maintains a stance of not being interested in netbooks, but a spokesman softened that rhetoric on Thursday.

“AMD has fully anticipated that our technology would eventually appear at the upper end of the netbook space,” said Steve Howard, an AMD spokesman. Though the chip was designed for ultrathin notebooks, AMD did not want to restrict the desire of PC makers to use it in different form factors, he said.

Gateway’s laptop can be defined as a prototypical netbook, but with better integrated graphics than typically found in Atom-based netbooks. The US$399 laptop has an 11.6-inch display, weighs about 3.14 pounds (1.4 kilograms) and measures about an inch thick. It includes AMD’s ATI Radeon x1270 integrated graphics and the RS690 chipset. The laptop is designed for Internet and basic applications like word processing, Acer America said in a statement.

AMD perhaps didn’t intend for the low-power chip to be in Gateway’s netbook, but it made its way there nevertheless, said Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Mercury Research. Unlike Intel, which has specially designed Atom for netbooks, AMD does not want to design chips for netbooks.

If AMD had a choice, it would rather put the chip in more expensive laptops to extract better margins, McCarron said. The low margins of $400 laptops don’t help AMD financially, so the company may try hard to limit the chip’s usage in other netbooks, he said.

But the chip could be used in PCs or servers where power efficiency is a concern. For example, Intel’s Atom is now being used in servers, so AMD’s netbook chips could end up there as well, McCarron said.

China said its deadline for Web filtering software to be distributed with PCs had not changed on Tuesday, despite growing protests from the U.S. government and Chinese Internet users.

Foreign and domestic PC makers are still required to ship the filter program with all PCs sold in China beginning July 1, the state-run China Daily said, citing an unnamed source in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

China first issued the mandate last month and has said the software is meant to protect children from pornographic and other “harmful” content online. But the program, called Green Dam Youth Escort, also blocks political content including Web sites that mention Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned as a cult in China.

The mandate could escalate into a serious trade dispute if China actually bars foreign PC makers from selling computers without the software, said Simon Ye, a Gartner analyst. State media last week cited an unnamed official saying foreign PC makers like Dell might not be able to meet the deadline.

Some kind of compromise is much more likely before the deadline, said Ye. Barring sales by a company like Dell would disrupt China’s PC market and could trigger protectionist responses by the U.S., he said.

Hewlett-Packard and Dell were the second- and third-largest PC vendors in China in the final quarter last year, claiming over one-fifth of PC shipments in the country, according to IDC statistics.

Dell is still reviewing the government mandate, a company spokeswoman said, declining to comment further.

Resistance to China’s mandate has grown in the weeks since it became public. Representatives from multiple U.S. government offices met with Chinese officials last Friday to express concerns about the requirement to ship the software, said Susan Stevenson, spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Embassy officials representing the State Department, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Commerce Department met with officials at China’s MIIT and commerce ministry, she said.

The U.S. has asked China for a dialogue about the potential impact of the mandate on trade, effects on the free flow of information and “serious technical issues” raised by use of the software, Stevenson said.

Chinese Internet users have also mounted resistance to the mandate. Ai Weiwei, a well-known artist and dissident, was using Twitter messages on Tuesday to call for an Internet boycott the day of the government deadline. Ai urged Internet users not to go online on July 1 for work, email, news or other purposes.

“Do not give any explanation of your actions,” Ai wrote in his Twitter feed. “Make July 1 a day of commemoration for the Internet.”

Calls to China’s MIIT went unanswered Tuesday morning.

Hunan adequate reserve power capacity

The past two years, lack of electricity, shortage of economic development such as the shadow quest laptop battery, making the industry outside of the debate on the causes of power shortage here. For reserve power capacity, Hunan “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” will make a “full” power capacity to prepare.

Specific projects are as follows: water and electricity to speed up power plant Zhexi two Dongjiang 250,000 kilowatts and 250,000 kilowatts of two power station expansion project of the building, the development of the province’s small and medium-sized hydropower resources, by 2010 new installed capacity of not less than two million kW. Thermal power is almost “full capacity” to develop, pay close attention to building Jinzhushan, Xiangtan, Yueyang Huaneng Shihmen two power plants and other projects, four projects total 3.6 million kilowatts capacity; At the same time, to speed up the Yiyang Power Plant Phase II, Huadian Changsha, the hp battery: 367759-001 battery, hstnn-ib 09 battery, hp pavilion dv1000 batteryconstruction of power plants for a number of countries to support the planning and construction of thermal power plants.

Particularly impressive is that new power has entered a substantive stage of development. Changsha, and moose-feng, Yu, Pingjiang peaking pumped-storage power station has entered the pre-construction stage, will also start the octahedral Xiangxi Hill, Shaoyang nanshan wind farm projects. Follow-up of nuclear power also has become the direction of the new power development, the site has been initially identified Huarong and Taoyuan in the two places, it is necessary to carry out protection.

Early in October this year, Hunan Development and Reform Commission, in accordance with the unified arrangement of the provincial government, organization and structure of the province’s power industry, “Eleventh Five-Year” Plan and Vision 2020 (Program).

Planning from the “Tenth Five-Year Plan” the implementation of the first three years of analysis of power to start the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” Outline for the Development. With the party’s National Congress to build a well-off society, three of our province to speed up the process of sustained and stable growth of the national economy, changes in the economic situation brought about a new round of consumption growth. Hunan electricity the entire society, “15,” an average annual increase of 10.5% in the first three this year, is expected to reach 60.5 billion kwh, an increase of 10.4%. A “Five,” a blueprint for power development, it is refreshing: the active organization of water and electricity, to optimize the development of thermal power, and promote nuclear power construction, appropriate development of natural gas for power generation, and actively develop new energy sources such as wind power. Planning, the guiding ideology of structural adjustment aimed to maintain the pace of power development, and promote further development of the electric power industry from quantity to quality and effectiveness of the speed of transition, from the main supply-oriented, passive power supply to fill the gap, the main shift to demand-oriented to achieve sustainable development.

“Ahead of” embodied in three aspects: First, pay close attention to the construction of a number of key power plants, “Eleventh Five-Year” needs to add 8.4 million kilowatts of electricity installed capacity, for a new round of economic development to lay a solid foundation; Second, focus efforts on restructuring power structure, power point to enhance the construction of thermal power to resolve the contradictions; Third, it is necessary to optimize the power supply layout, in accordance with the coal source of reliable water and electricity near load centers the standard construction of high-parameter, high-capacity, high-efficiency projects generating units. In short, through the power of structural adjustment, and coordinate with the grid power, hydropower and thermal power, large units and small units hp pavilion dv4000 battery, hp pavilion ze2000 battery, hp presario m2000 battery, the center region and the surrounding areas, the main network and distribution network, large grid and small grid relationship between the achievement of the Hunan Electric Power sustainable development.

This represents the planning and construction, Hunan Electric Power will play a “storage pool” of performance, boost economic development in Hunan Province to a new level and achieve a new leap forward.

Fuzhou Fujian battery industry specific pollution remediation

Fuzhou environmental protection departments at all levels in accordance with the State Environmental Protection Administration and the Fujian Provincial Environmental Protection Agency requirements, organization of environmental protection to carry out special work to bring the battery industry. According to diagnostic investigation, environmental protection departments at all levels of the Fuzhou area nine existing battery production enterprises and sewage treatment of waste lead-acid business of the inspection, three of which are not the implementation of environmental impact assessment or environmental “three at the same time” the illegal sewage enterprises severely dealt with, and battery industries and enterprises focused on industrial pollution sources into the long-term monitoring areas, and effectively protect the environment and people’s health.

Fuel cells should be the development of new energy in the success of

A few days ago, by the four home appliances and accessory factories in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop the national “863″ the new fuel cell energy projects successful “out” next year will be in volume production in May.

It is reported that the fuel cell using hydrogen and oxygen in the air a chemical reaction and generate electricity and hydrogen with a drive more than three hundred kilometers. Compared to conventional fuel energy, it has a high rate of energy conversion, less environmental pollution, etc., which is considered the first choice of 21 clean, efficient, clean energy. This will not only fuel cell electric vehicles in use, but also for submarines and other military equipment, have good market prospects.

The United States will prohibit the use of aircraft cargo transport non-rechargeable lithium batteries

United States Department of Transportation said in a statement on the 13th, the United States will prohibit the use of aircraft cargo transport non-rechargeable lithium hp presario v2000 battery, compaq presario v5000 battery, compaq presario v4000 battery, but can carry passengers with such a battery of personal computers and other consumer electronic products board.

Editor’s Note: Due to incorrect information from HP, the Mini 5101’s screen was wrongly described as OLED, rather than being backlit-LED. The story was corrected at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time on June 24, 2009.

Seeking to cement its lead in the business-oriented netbook space, Hewlett-Packard Co. today announced an updated Mini netbook.

Starting at $449, the Mini 5101 will come with a brighter backlit-LED screen, a larger, spill-resistant keyboard and a better-resolution 2-megapixel Webcam.

The Mini 5101 will also have a slightly faster Intel Atom processor, a new security feature and a higher-quality metal case than the current Mini 2140 (full review here), according to Carol Hess-Nickels, director of marketing for business netbooks at HP. The Mini 5101 will use Intel’s Atom N280, which runs at 1.66 GHz, instead of the 1.6 GHz N270 in the Mini 2140, released less than six months ago.

HP’s Mini 5101 business netbook.
The 5101 will retain the Mini 2140’s spiffy anodized aluminum case, but add a magnesium metal bottom, said Hess-Nickels.

The flat, open key layout will have a MacBook-like look-and-feel, and will be slightly larger, at 95% of full-laptop-keyboard-size, than the 2140’s 92% size.

Generally considered the third-leading netbook vendor behind Acer Inc. and Asus Inc., HP is among a few vendors to explicitly target business buyers with its netbooks. The Mini 5101 will be HP’s fourth business netbook in less than a year and a half. It released the Mini 2133 in early 2008, and followed that up with the much-improved Mini 2140. HP announced a lower-end business Mini netbook in May, the Mini 1101. The Mini 5101 will retain many of the same features as the 2140 when it arrives in late July: 2.6-pound weight, a choice of Windows Vista, XP Home or Professional, Suse Linux Enterprise 11 or FreeDOS operating systems (for users to install whatever flavor of Linux they choose); hard-disk or solid-state disk drives with 3D DriveGuard, HP’s technology to protect data in case of drops; a 10.1 inch screen coming in either 1024×600 or 1366×768 resolutions; and a choice of fast-charging 4- or 6-cell Lithium-Ion batteries, the latter offering up to 8 hours of battery life, according to HP.

It won’t come with the Broadcom “Crystal” HD video decoder that enables 720p or 1080p HD video that is available in the just-released $329 Mini 1101.

The Mini 5101 will retain many of the same features as the 2140 when it arrives in late July: 2.6-pound weight, a choice of Windows Vista, XP Home or Professional, Suse Linux Enterprise 11 or FreeDOS operating systems (for users to install whatever flavor of Linux they choose); hard-disk or solid-state disk drives with 3D DriveGuard, HP’s technology to protect data in case of drops; a 10.1 inch screen coming in either 1024×600 or 1366×768 resolutions; and a choice of fast-charging 4- or 6-cell Lithium-Ion batteries, the latter offering up to 8 hours of battery life, according to HP.

It won’t come with the Broadcom “Crystal” HD video decoder that enables 720p or 1080p HD video that is available in the just-released $329 Mini 1101.

But if HP sees customer interest in HD video, it could use Nvidia’s Ion technology (explained here), as Lenovo Group Ltd. is doing.

“We have looked at Ion, an we continue to look at it every time we come out with a new product,” Hess-Nickels said. “Right now, it didn’t seem to be the right offering for our customers.”

Asked about the popularity of Linux, Hess-Nickels said the overall percentage of customers choosing Linux on HP netbooks, including business and consumer models, was “probably less than 10%,” though probably “higher, in the mid-teens” for business Mini models such as the 2133 or 2140.

Hitachi developed the world’s smallest sensor network terminal

Hitachi and YRP Ubiquitous Networking Institute November 24, 2004 announced the development of the world’s smallest terminal of the sensor network. For the installation of the battery terminal active wireless terminals can be equipped with temperature, light, infrared, accelerometers and other sensors. The idea applies to the building and the family of wireless sensors and security management.

Hitachi YRP Ubiquitous Network and Institute for the development of the “world’s smallest” active sensor network end-use lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

The development is to use a frequency of 300MHz the weak wireless signal to communicate with the base station of the wireless terminal. Communication distance of 10 meters. Equipped with 8-bit microcontrollers, the use of the company’s own wireless standards and communication protocols. The use of power for the lithium-ion rechargeable battery or Honda battery. Models including the smallest terminal size lithium-ion rechargeable battery included for the 2.3cm × 2.0cm × 1.5cm, volume 6.9cm3. As the “original 10cm3 also about the smallest” (Hitachi), so that the terminal “is the world’s smallest” (Hitachi).

In addition to size, the communication of “intermittent emission” (Hitachi), battery life is also able to significantly extend. “In the (back-up port of the wireless sensor network) ZigBee in, issued by the base station to the called terminal identification (Beacon) control signal terminal for receiving the signal and the cost of electricity. The development of the terminal through the terminal to the base station communication signal only, so do not need to wait for the signal “(Hitachi).

Standby time for the specific use of voltage +3.7 V, the market capacity of 150mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery, the “wireless communication will be set to launch the first five minutes, then no need to replace batteries or recharge to use 1 and a half years” (Hitachi Ltd.). On the other hand, ZigBee, despite frequent claims to “2 3 alkaline batteries can be used 1 year to 2 years.” However, on the 3rd of each of the capacity of alkaline batteries 1000mAh ~ 2000mAh, therefore, then, after conversion, the development of the terminal of its battery life can be extended more than 10 times.

Each base station to access the distribution terminal ID and ZigBee are the same as 16-bit (65,536), but “if the base station taking into account the processing power and wireless bandwidth, then the base station for each access terminal 1000 is more about feasible “(Hitachi). In addition, ZigBee is different from the development of the wireless terminal does not communicate with each other between the terminal functions. But it also can be “micro-controller by modifying the software to be supported.”

TV mobile phones in the near future will be very popular

ABI Research in the United States November 30 local time, released the results of a survey, “to receive television programs would be universal access to mobile phones sooner or later.”

ABI Research director of the Semiconductor Research sector analyst Alan Varghese said that the beginning of mobile phone operators of television programs do not receive a positive performance. “In addition to the average revenue per user (ARPU) of the contribution of small, there may affect the duration of the battery, claiming the proceeds of a good voice and data communications users.” (Alan Varghese)

But recently some of the mobile phone operators to start mobile phone network in a short period of time and the broadcasting of television programs of interest, such as interactive television, they have noted the potential of television broadcasting. In addition, mobile phone suppliers and chip makers are also developing products used to receive television.

NEC, Toshiba, Nokia of Finland and South Korea’s Samsung has launched a TV tuner built-in phone. Texas Instruments in the United States announced in October are being developed all the features to deal with television signals in a single chip LSI.

“Watching television, when compared with the small screen TV of course, an ordinary mobile phone is the preferred equipment. But in the near future, mobile phones will be widely used in railway stations, airports or restaurants, such as short-term leisure time watching television.”

Research Institute production of new electrolyte lithium batteries will be more secure

Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan developed a lithium-ion rechargeable battery for the flame-retardant electrolyte. Not volatile as a result, even if the temperature of +300 ℃ will not be close to the fire and decomposition, but also not in the ordinary lithium-ion rechargeable battery voltage of the chemical reaction. Will be applied to lithium metal anode for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries can greatly enhance the safety of use.

The development of electrolyte for maintaining the liquid state under normal temperature and the organic salt “ionic liquids.” Specific components for the four cyclic amine - amine salt PP13-TFSI (N-methyl-N-proplylpiperidiniumbis (trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide). Not only has the non-volatile and fire retardant, and will not precipitate a lithium metal anode for lithium-ion rechargeable battery, when often the dendritic crystallization (dendrite). The original organic solvents as a result of repeatedly charging generated power and dendritic crystal would result in the compartment between the electrode punctured causing a short circuit. The development of ionic liquids will not be such a dendritic crystal precipitation, but relatively smooth deposition.

The development of the use of electrolytes to lithium metal as negative electrode, lithium cobalt (LiCoO2) for the positive electrode of the button battery charge and discharge more than 97% efficiency, the effect was very good. In addition, a nickel electrode plate for easy battery trial units (according to charge type unit) charge-discharge efficiency was also achieved in the test more than 97%, with the original organic electrolyte maintained essentially at the same level. Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology that, in addition to lithium metal used in electrodes for lithium-ion rechargeable battery, this electrolyte can also be used to improve the existing lithium-ion rechargeable battery security. As a result of new low electrolyte conductivity, so the issue is how the future through mixture with other electrolytes, such as to be improved.

The results as a New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO Technology Development Organization) project commissioned by the “fuel cell vehicles, such as lithium-ion battery technology development - elements of high-performance lithium battery technology development (2002 ~ 2006)” and to conduct research.

Henan to use its advantages in resources to create rare-earth nickel hydrogen battery industrial base

Held a few days ago from Zhengzhou meeting was informed that the National Office of Rare Earth, Rare Earth, Henan Province is using its resources to focus on building advantages of Ni-MH battery industrial base.

It is understood that the use of rare earth resources in recent years, Henan Province, in the manufacture of permanent magnet materials, energy efficient fluorescent materials to make significant progress. Several enterprises in Henan Province, according to the characteristics of rare earth resources, effective use of reasonable and moderate doping, which can effectively improve the battery performance of anode materials are being promoted Ni-MH battery industry in Henan province’s rapid development. Henan Development and Reform Commission said the officers concerned, to give full play to the Henan Xinxiang battery industrial base better than species-wide, supporting the full advantages of nickel-hydrogen batteries to accelerate the construction of industrial projects, and strive to Henan Province to develop into the base Ni-MH battery industry.

Was also informed that the rare earth fertilizer agricultural enterprises of Henan Province and crops upgrading played an important role in income. From 2002 to the present, Henan Province, has more than 10 small rare earth fertilizer to achieve the production of agricultural products and fertilizer transformation. It was also introduced, rare earth resources, the role of economic development more and more obvious, the current countries as the main raw materials of rare earth permanent magnet motor development projects a very significant energy savings, and some energy-saving rate of 30 percent, that will promote electric industry restructuring, also saves energy.

National Semiconductor introduced delayed-type step-down controller

National Semiconductor Corporation (National Semiconductor Corporation) (NYSE: NSM) introduced a system to support efficient field-effect transistor P hysteresis (P-FET) buck controller. The model for the LM3475 controller chip using a very small SOT23-5 package, which is characterized by fine with system design can be simple hysteresis control circuit. System design engineers will be using this chip for the system without external compensation, to ensure that a wide range of components can be a stable operating system can be made extremely fast transient response. Hysteresis control circuit even in a very small load can also support high-efficiency operation. P of the advantages of field-effect transistor structure is required to reduce the number of components, porosity will be increased to 100%, as well as the operation had only a very low pressure drop.

The controller chip for a variety of typical applications, including TFT monitors, car personal computer systems, vehicle security navigation systems, notebook computer back-up power supply to battery-powered portable electronic products and power distribution system.

Hydrogen: Carnival Feast or wealth to take the risk?

It has been predicted that hydrogen will be the next industrial revolution began, but some people said that this will be a change in the energy sector, since the steam engine, internal combustion engine after the first industrial revolution, human beings.

According to “21st Century Business Herald” reported that the development of traditional energy sources and wider use of internal combustion engine, creating a number of energy giants and automotive tycoon. Such as fuel cells, such as the development of new energy sources as well as the extensive application will be bound to the field of energy in the new wealth created a myth around the energy changes lead to a redistribution of wealth and transfer. However, investment in new energy field, such as the development of fuel cell vehicles, in addition to high returns, but also means that a huge risk.

Faced with uncertain prospects for commercial application, many of energy tycoons and car giant to participate in this competition, carnival is a feast or a wealth of adventure?

Tens of billions of dollars “burn” hydrogen car

In the November 4, held on the 9th Shanghai International Industry Fair, a named “Beyond II” of the car led to the attention of those present. From all appearances, this is just an ordinary Santana 3000 sedans, but the hood open to see is a different picture: There is no tradition of motor vehicles using gasoline engines, but a fuel cell, fuel tank is way to a hydrogen storage tank, a hydrogen storage tank to support the car for 168 kilometers of hydrogen exercise.

This is the only road into the home-made fuel cell test vehicles, the battery is used Shanghai Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai) design and manufacturing.

Prior to the October 30, General Motors and SAIC announced that the joint development of fuel cell buses; 12 October, Volkswagen and Tongji University signed an agreement for fuel cell vehicle research; September 14, and FAW Toyota Motor announced Group co-production mixed power car “pioneer” (Prius); 5 25, Mercedes - Benz Citaro hydrogen fuel cell buses debut in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, next year, Mercedes-Benz will launch in Beijing, three fuel cell buses .

For a time, into a fuel cell vehicle, almost all auto makers have begun in the field of fuel cell vehicle ready.

Domestic fuel cell vehicle the birth of

“At that time, few people have heard of fuel cells, some people even thought it was like oil and water is a pseudo-science.” Yaojia Long recalled in 1998 when Shanghai started difficult.

In fact, as early as the 90s of last century, developed countries in the West began to study the fuel cell.

The United States in the fuel cell research has shown very positive. In 2003, the Bush administration approved a U.S. Department of Energy to develop the “hydrogen program.” In the next 5 years, the U.S. government will invest three billion U.S. dollars to develop hydrogen fuel technology. The Japanese government plans to 2020, for four billion U.S. dollars investment in fuel cell research. The Government of France, fuel cell research project is estimated to be 1 billion U.S. dollars.

The above-mentioned several Governments in the development of new energy sources of competition, the budget has been invested tens of billions of dollars more than on.

The current general manager of Shanghai Dr. Hu Liqing, in a world-class fuel cell company for two years. In 1998, returning to Shanghai from Canada lecture Qing Hu occasionally found in Western developed countries have done the fuel cell was heated, no one internally is also carried out research. Huri returned entrepreneurial decision-ching.

In 1998, Shanghai creation, the beginning of China-made fuel cell research. At that time, the company registered capital of only 50 million yuan. Shanghai Comprehensive Industrial Development Zone is a major shareholder, a Shanghai suburb of Fengxian private enterprises are also involved in the investment.

Shanghai R & D funding comes mainly from the National Science and Technology Fund, to date, Shanghai was 8,000 million yuan R & D funds.

However, at every turn with the developed countries to invest billions of dollars compared to Shanghai R & D funding is clearly insignificant.

Hydrogen fuel cells abroad, mainly in the way of high pressure hydrogen gas, but the use of divine power is hydrogen gas pressure. In contrast, high-pressure gas in a larger number of power, General Motors launched on the 3rd kind of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have the power to achieve 80 kilowatts, while Shanghai study “Beyond 3″ is only the fuel cell power 50 kilowatts.

The cost of fuel cell pressure is relatively low. In the process of industrialization, the cost is often the major obstacle to the industrialization of whether the economy can determine to a large extent the promotion of large-scale.

Shanghai involved in fuel cell vehicle 863 of the two projects, one of which is fuel-cell cars “Beyond” series, and the other is the fuel cell bus. In these two projects, the study atmospheric Shanghai fuel cell buses on the more obvious advantages.

Shanghai is in accordance with the divine power, Mercedes-Benz launched in Beijing called Clitato three fuel cell buses, it is estimated that each cost as much as two million euros, of which part of the fuel cell would require 1.4 million euros, is ten times the price of conventional engines. However, “our cost of more than half of them even lower,” said Shanghai Foreign .

Although the cost of more expensive, but hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the use of relatively low cost. Now the price of hydrogen 9 yuan per cubic meter, and in accordance with the divine power of the Shanghai Fuel Cell Hydrogen consumption, consumption per 100 km car 1.03 kilograms of hydrogen, which is equivalent to 1.42 cubic meters of hydrogen. And general economic car fuel per 100 kilometers 6-8 liters, in accordance with the current oil prices, more than 20. The use of fuel cells than the economic cost of the car even lower number.

In fact, Shanghai is also a divine power there is no way to choose pressure option. The production of high-pressure hydrogen fuel cells need to generate high-pressure hydrogen gas, high pressure gas to produce hydrogen, will require high-pressure air compressors. But the reality is that domestic manufacturers can not produce a stable and reliable high-pressure air compressors.

Prior to this, countries have to invest in research devoted to these types of air compressors, but so far no results, while imports of such air compressors for more than a million each priced yuan.

Between the two camps

In the hydrogen fuel cell competition, in addition to government departments, developed into a large, multinational companies are also actively promoting the development of fuel cell vehicles. GM fuel cell vehicle research input has more than 1 billion U.S. dollars.

The development of fuel cell vehicles have been divided into two camps: on behalf of Toyota and GM for the party; to Decker, Ford and Mitsubishi the other. Competition between them has reached the stage of standard-setting.

September 1 this year, Van Dyke, two car giant Ford announced that for fuel cell vehicles in the world of technical advantage, hand in hand to buy the famous Ballard Power Systems of Canada, established a new alliance.

Ballard companies in the world fuel cell vehicle research and development in a leading position. In 1993, Ballard developed the first fuel-cell concept car, introduced in 1997 the 16 fuel cell buses, respectively, in the United States, Canada, Vancouver, Chicago and trial operation. As early as in August 1997, Ballard and Van Dyke on the formation of joint ventures, in December the same year, Ford has also joined.

Fuel cell with oxygen and hydrogen as raw material, oxygen requirements can be obtained from the air, how difficult is to get a hydrogen fuel —.

Toyota and GM camp is the way to obtain hydrogen: clean hydrocarbons from a fuel known as a new type of hydrogen from gasoline. Earlier this year, the U.S. oil company Exxon to participate in this camp, the Exxon oil and GM and Toyota R & D to reach agreement, the joint development of hydrogen fuel cell. Shell joined.

In another camp, Decker, Ford and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. camp with natural gas as raw materials, to take the quality of the methanol solution to obtain hydrogen system. BP is a supporter of the camp. Decker fuel cell buses running in a city, BP on the establishment of hydrogen refueling station in the local. In April this year, BP and Ford co-operation to provide 30 Ford hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, BP is in the United States Detroit, Orlando and other cities to establish hydrogenation network.

Beginning this year, the two camps has become very fierce competition. Decker, Ford, General Motors announced in 2004, the company’s fuel cell vehicles will be mass production. Toyota has even said that to develop the next generation fuel cell vehicle.

In addition, Fiat, Renault, Volvo and Peugeot Italy used by companies such as the fuel cell, fuel cell vehicle development. Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan also has its own fuel cell development program.

Gold dream

A U.S. research company forecasts fuel cell vehicles will become the future of the automobile industry the main directions of development. By 2007, fuel cells in transportation of commercial value will reach nine billion U.S. dollars, with the proportion of fuel cell vehicles increases, the data the possibility of further expansion.

However, the area of the national hydrogen energy chief scientist, Professor Mao Zongqiang, the hydrogen energy development is now recognized as a major problem there are two problems, first, the use of hydrogen energy expensive equipment; Second, the facilities of hydrogenation is not complete, there is no network for hydrogen, resulting in the popularization and application of hydrogen energy in check.

At the same time, hydrogen storage is a major problem. It is generally worried that hydrogen fuel will be an explosion.

“In fact, as hydrogen and natural gas, and its endorsement process and will not be more unsafe than gasoline,” Science and Technology Co., Ltd. Shanghai Yaojia Long said, “it is clear that a set of gasoline has been regulated safety standards.”

Hydrogenation of the fastest growing network in Japan, there are nine hydrogen refueling station, and will be completed in two to three years dozens of hydrogen refueling station. In China, Shanghai has made it clear only next year to build a hydrogen refueling station.

Despite the obstacles, cross-car giant in the field of fuel cell vehicle research and promotion in speeding up the pace. The beginning of this year, Toyota, Ford and other companies have been identified the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a timetable, and some mixed driving force mass production models.

“Fuel cell technology can set off the revolution in the automotive industry.” General Motors R & D, Vice-Minister of said, “If you do not proceed to create the future, and actively creating the future, your competitors will be the first step. ”

In October of this year, held in Shanghai New Energy Challenge Bibendum, the GM, Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Toyota, Nissan, almost all of the depot have laid their own fuel cell vehicle.

“We are not displayed in the distant future may be what is happening,” Ford vice president Susan Cischke are so told reporters that “This is a practical and effective technology is extremely promising.”

Until now, Shanghai not sell a product, but also did not receive a penny of income, and in the foreseeable period of time, still need to be invested in a large amount of money.

Under such circumstances, Shanghai ready to devote more energy to easily achieve the industrialization of small-scale fuel cell projects, such as tour buses, such as back-up power stations. Compared to these areas of fuel cell vehicles to reduce a number of technical requirements, and power is also smaller. More than 10 billion U.S. dollars of the cost of new energy to explore the road, seems to have opened the door to Alibaba, but do not know who is inside the door or bandit treasure.

Mass production of fuel cell vehicles will not be long before

Tongji University, China Steel principals million fuel cell vehicle project founder and witnesses.

In 2000, in Dr. Wan Gang foreign to the State Council put forward the development of clean energy cars, the realization of China’s automobile industry by leaps and bounds in development, and national ministries such as Ministry of Science and Technology of the attention and support. Subsequently, the Ministry of Science and Technology Wan Gang was appointed as the national “863 Program” of electric vehicles, Chief Scientist for major projects, on the whole team. Project Leader as the first, Wan Gang took the program the most complex projects of fuel cell cars. To date, 10,000 steel research group has developed a “go beyond the” first, second, third-generation fuel cell vehicle on the 3rd Test like cars.

Fuel cell vehicle in the end whether the domestic automobile industry has become a growth point of Daxin, and even replace traditional energy vehicles? Recently our reporter interviewed million steel.

Production needed for more than 10 years

“21st Century”: mass production fuel cell vehicles more optimistic about the prospects for, how long will this process?

WAN Gang: the need for a process of mass production. We plan to model the composition of the team in 2006, when the 2008 Olympic Games has put into commercial fuel cell vehicle running, in 2010 the team set up hundreds of vehicles, as car Expo. After the Expo, from taxis, buses began to start. After 2015, annual production is expected to reach the scale of hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

European project in 2020 so that the new car in the gross domestic energy 5% of the total automobile output in 2020 reached 10%. If China and Europe will be the same, they need five million new energy vehicles, such as to meet Japan’s standards, would require 10 million new energy vehicles. Even if the proportion of 3% in accordance with terms, 2.5 million need. The accumulation takes time, so we carried out the development of fuel cell vehicle is a very urgent request.

“21st Century”: If the use of hydrogen energy, hydrogen can guarantee a source of growing energy needs?

WAN Gang: I recently went to a meeting, conference, display the use of methanol, natural gas, gasoline, hydrogen gas, such as machines, that is to say that all energy can be hydrogen. In fact, there may be more sources, and can be recycled, which will greatly broaden the source of hydrogen.

Obstacles in the system

“21″: at the present stage, the introduction of the mixture of fuel cell powered car what the obstacles encountered?

WAN Gang: Recently, I strongly urge, the Beijing municipal government to the needs of the Olympic Games, the procurement of 40 fuel cell buses, although the adoption of a national test, but did not notice the Street can not. Therefore, new developments may have a number of institutional constraints.

“21st Century”: It is now a lot of giant multinational corporations in China have begun to prepare for the launch of its fuel cell vehicle, the domestic depot similar initiatives?

WAN Gang: I have this idea of home depot. FAW, the second gas, Chery, Changan are determined, Beijing has also developed a hybrid bus. However, the actual operation can achieve our goal, to see the final outcome of this.

“21st Century”: now there are many taxis in the use of natural gas, this new form of energy of a transition?

Wan Gang: In 1998, 10 domestic cities with natural gas as main fuel, “clean car up”, the year can save about 1.3 million tons of gasoline. Particularly in Shanghai, has 38,000 taxis using natural gas, more than 100 filling stations throughout the city. The future, in addition to continue to reduce fuel emissions of motor vehicles, but also to promote hybrid and pure electric vehicles.

“21st Century”: BMW has been strongly advocated the promotion of hydrogen engines, and that by 2025 half of the BMW hydrogen engine products to be used. The development of hydrogen engine where the greatest degree of difficulty?

WAN Gang: the engine has been developed for several decades, the technology is quite advanced, into hydrogen fuel, not investment. But the hydrogen engine has not fundamentally solve the problem of thermal effect. In addition, the storage of liquid hydrogen has a very high technical requirements, so now everyone in the study of hydrogen gas. So, I think hydrogen engine research, the biggest problem is how to store liquid hydrogen. Of course, BMW said, such as fuel cell technology is mature, the end fuel cells do.