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Jul 30, 2010 Troy P. Roache

USBCELL: No Rechargeable Battery Charger Needed - ?





The new USBCELL looks like a regular lithium rechargeable battery but needs no rechargeable
battery charger. This green energy item charges by any USB port.

Manufactures of the new  hope that their latest green energy gadget may one day
replace standard rechargeable batteries or the need for a rechargeable battery charger. 

, out of the UK, has developed a green energy alternative to rechargeable batteries and the
battery chargers that come with them.

In today¶s world of portable devices, consumer demand for batteries has never been higher.
Lithium batteries are the fuel that drives much of this popular, energy-hungry gear and eco-
conscious consumers are seeking out green energy alternatives. To do this, people are switching
to rechargeable lithium batteries and using a rechargeable battery charger. 
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taken this idea one step further, creating a way for the portable device to charge its own batteries,
so long as it has a USB port.

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The  may look like a standard lithium rechargeable battery but unlike its cousin, the
 does not need a rechargeable battery charger to recharge, increasing its portability
dramatically. In fact, at first glance, the average consumer would be hard-pressed to recognize
the difference between the new  and a standard lithium rechargeable battery.

A user might notice the plastic cap, but other than that, the two products are virtually identical.
But, just like under a magician's hat, this is where all the magic happens and where the main
difference of the  hides. It is here where the USB jack is located, and it is the part that
makes this green energy item so unique, setting it apart from a standard rechargeable.

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According to Globe and Mail, which names the  as its gadget of the week, the battery
contains a USB jack, conveniently hidden under its plastic top connected by elastics. The USB
jack is inserted into a USB port and in about six to seven hours the battery is charged. A LED
light comes on when the battery has reached 90-per-cent charge and turns off once full.

The 
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bought batteries. The 
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available. In addition, the company is working on cell phone batteries as well.

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The USBCELL website promotes the obvious environmental benefits of the  as well
as the economic advantages of using rechargeable batteries. In addition, the portability and
convenience of such devices are high and could change the way in which consumers recharge
portal devices.

Read more at Suite101: USBCELL: A New Rechargeable Battery Promotes Green Energy
http://www.suite101.com/content/usbcell-a-new-rechargeable-battery-promotes-green-energy-
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-hen used in consumer devices, USB 3.0 solves a problem that users have had with USB 2.0²
failure to recognize devices whose batteries are depleted. A host device can trickle down power
via USB 3.0 to recognize devices such as cell phones whose batteries have gone dead.

Because USB 3.0 enables external drives to achieve data transfers as fast as internal PC drives,
users will take advantage of external storage more often than in the past, particularly with the
ability of USB 3.0 to download video. For example, HD TV and movies can be downloaded in
seconds, limited only by the storage device's transfer rate. A flash drive using USB 3.0 can move
1 Gbyte of data to a host device in 3.3 seconds, compared to 33 seconds with USB 2.0
(according to the USB Implementers' Forum).

For storage applications, the relationship between USB and Serial ATA (SATA) is particularly
interesting, given their status as the interfaces of choice for external and internal storage,
respectively. -ith USB 3.0 now supporting disk drives' highest transfer rates, it offers the
opportunity to use commonly available SATA drives as external USB 3.0 peripherals. Adding a
USB 3.0 interface to a SATA drive is straightforward through the use of a device that bridges
USB 3.0 to SATA.

Of the interfaces competing for external storage applications in recent years, USB, External
SATA (eSATA), and Fire-ire have each claimed significant numbers of wins. SATA has
replaced all other interfaces for internal drive connectivity in consumer PCs. Since its
introduction in 2004, eSATA has challenged USB 2.0 and Fire-ire for external storage
applications. eSATA transfers data to and from external devices at the same rate supported by
SATA for internal drives. Specifically, the eSATA interface supports data rates up to 3 Gbits/s.
Even with actual rates reduced by encoding overhead, eSATA's data rate is more than enough for
the fastest hard drives, which can transfer data at about 120 Mbytes/s.

This performance has enabled eSATA, with its low CPU overhead, to take market share from
both USB 2.0 and Fire-ire, even though eSATA is useful only for storage applications. At 5
Gbits/s full duplex, USB 3.0 is faster than eSATA and Fire-ire 800, which achieves almost 800
Mbits/s full duplex. eSATA's 3-Gbit/s rate is simplex, in contrast to the full duplex provided by
USB 3.0, and USB 3.0 also includes optional provisions for transferring out-of-order data
optimized for disk drive seeks.

Spurred by the increasing resolution and storage capability of consumer electronic devices, along
with the wider availability of media via broadband Internet connections, users will want a faster
transfer capability to simplify downloading, storing and sharing large amounts of multi-media
content. USB 3.0 will play a key role in providing the simple connectivity consumers want and
drive the need for faster transfer methods. Fujitsu's MB86C30A USB 3.0/SATA bridge device
offers an easy way for developers to adapt SATA drives for USB 3.0.