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The BatterySaver model takes the remaining low-voltage output from dead batteries and raises the voltage to a usable level by discharging the remaining energy at a high rate. It does this by operating at a lower voltage than standard voltage regulators, allowing it to extend the life of almost any battery type, capacity and chemistry. This unique approach avoids expending energy when boosting is not required, as this technology uses low power switching to autonomously engage the boosting circuitry only when necessary. No other boosting method can recover this remaining energy in a dead battery without sacrificing response time or power output, both of which make other methods unusable in most electronic applications. How does this work? It is essentially rewiring a circuit board that can fit on top of an existing battery or inside the battery casing; It’s small, low-tech, and cheap enough to be retrofitted or built into a device from the get-go, and smart enough to tap into energy stores that regularly go to waste. After completing four years of prototyping, the team has bootstrapped $100,000, and is exploring licensing offers. At Udell’s location in the Santa Rosa hills, he shows me a working prototype, about the size of a penny, a strip of wires to connect to a battery terminal. BatterySaver prototypes are small, inexpensive, flexible, and can be attached to terminals or housing, installed on the battery itself, or retrofitted after manufacture. Gabriella Hasbun Udell removes a dead battery from a radio, connects the prototype, reinserts, and the machine comes to life. “We have an electronic solution to a chemical problem,” Bill Seidel, 75, a longtime Udell collaborator with a gray ponytail, tells popular mechanics, Seidel is QVC turned out to be a hit, Developed a US military product, and now serves as Vice President of Marketing for BatterySaver. Udell says the cost to manufacture is just 12 cents per unit, with retail plans to package two BatterySaver units for 99 cents per package. https://biz.crast.net/this-91-year-o...to-30-percent/ |
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