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Toshiba May Go Bankrupt as Result of Nuclear Investments

Nicholas Say — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:19:04 +0000

It would appear that Toshiba has purchased a very complex radioactive black-hole that may bankrupt it. The takeover of Webster & Stone by by Toshiba‘s subsidiary Westinghouse may go down in history as one of the worst investments ever made, and it all centers around nuclear power. Ultimately Toshiba is left holding the bag for […]

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Pest-free Lettuce Grows in Toshiba’s Old Factory

Mila Luleva — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:11:37 +0000

Toshiba, the Japanese tech giant, has a great solution to the pressing climate-change driven problem of food security. They converted an old factory into the most advanced farm in the world to grow lettuce. The Yokosuka factory was once a leading facility that used to produce millions of floppy disks. As the technology advanced, however, […]

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Electric Vehicles and Solar Power, a Match Made in Japan

Benji Jerew — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:57:23 +0000

Renewable transportation seems like the most obvious solution to the simultaneous need for emissions-elimination and personalized and flexible transportation, but there’s still a ways to go before electric vehicles can be completely renewable. Of course, depending on where you live, recharging your electric vehicle could be fairly close to emissions-free. Unfortunately, this is often not […]

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Titanium-Based Battery Cathode from Toshiba Could Double Range of EVs

Benji Jerew — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:50:47 +0000

Toshiba has developed a titanium-based battery cathode that doesn’t swell as much as carbon ones currently used in lithium ion batteries. This could double the range of electric vehicles. The ideal rechargeable battery pack for an electric vehicle can probably be summed up with three words, powerful, durable, and dense. Sealed lead acid [SLA] batteries […]

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Toshiba Provides Solution to Smartphone Power Consumption

Mila Luleva — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:40:00 +0000

A brand new technology by Toshiba Corp will cut down the power consumption of smartphones and tablet computers. The Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access memory, or STT-MRAM, uses non-volatile cache memory, which switches off the power supply automatically if the gadget is not in operation. Traditional STT-MRAM is currently used for cache memory, but […]

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Toshiba’s eneGoon Backup Power Supply Made With SCiB Batteries

Benji Jerew — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:53:56 +0000

Already a world leader in Uninterruptible Power Supplies [UPS] for industrial and lab applications, Toshiba is combining technologies from different divisions to release a new whole-home backup power supply. Essentially a rechargeable battery with special controls and sine-wave generators, the eneGoon has a capacity of 6.6 kWh, higher than most other systems, and a best-in-class power-output […]

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New Supermarket Scanner Scans Objects Instead of Barcodes, Saves Paper, Time and Energy

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:59:51 +0000

Now here’s something that some may consider has nothing to do with the green purpose of our website, but I think it actually has a lot. It’s Toshiba’s new scanner that recognizes objects (fruits and vegetables, in this example) and instead of using paper-wasting barcodes, knows which is which and puts them on your supermarket […]

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Toshiba's New Cylindrical LED Bulbs Could Successfully Replace Incandescents and CFLs

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:48:32 +0000

Slowly but surely, LED lamps begin to replace standard incandescent light bulbs and even fluorescent ones (CFLs), once considered best at saving power. Toshiba just announced two cylindrical LED light bulbs (I prefer calling them “lighting devices,” rather than “bulbs”) that offer the same brightness of a 40W incandescent bulb. The two LED devices will […]

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Toshiba Planning Commercial Underwater Ocean Turbines

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:38:02 +0000

The issue with the various alternative energy sources is that they are intermittent. You can’t trust the sun or the wind to provide a constant power output, and people can do at best is to predict. Ocean currents, on the other hand, are moving steadily, and could provide us with endless amounts of energy while […]

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Toshiba's SCiB Ultra-Fast Charging Battery Selected to Be Used By Multiple Automakers

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:25:51 +0000

It looks natural for that to happen, since names like Sanyo and Panasonic had already been added as battery manufacturers on lists of Suzuki Motors and Toyota, respectively.

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Toshiba Corp Building SCiB Cell Production Factory by 2011

Cristi — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:17:39 +0000

Toshiba Corp is anticipating strong demands and sales for their SCiB (super charge ion battery) and started the construction of another production plant in the Kashiwazaki Frontier Park, in Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture.

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Toshiba Releases Dynario DMFC Fuel Cell Charger

Cristi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:39:38 +0000

The market is in a continuously search for a battery pack that should be able to power portable electronic devices for a longer period of time and with shorter charging times. Toshibas' Dynario Charger is the perfect solution for the moment.

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Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Might Power Your Future Gadgets

Cristi — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:29:37 +0000

Toshiba recently unveiled one of their master batteries used for mobile phones. They have presented a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery which can be easily charged in just a few seconds.

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First Affordable Mass Produced Electric Car in the World Comes from Volkswagen

Florin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:17:43 +0000

In Frankfurt - Germany, Europe's biggest car manufacturer, Volkswagen and the Japanese group Toshiba signed an agreement to develop the new VW electric cars together.

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Toshiba DMFC-Based Battery Charger Close to Market Release

Cristi — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:44:47 +0000

Toshiba has announced for a while that they will introduce on the market a direct methanol fuel cell-based battery charger(DMFC) at the end of march 2009. The company also announced it will releases for market DMFC packs for cellphones and laptops starting with April.

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Factory for Toshiba SCiB Batteries Planned Next Fall

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:31:38 +0000

The SCiB batteries are a modified and improved version of the Li-Ion used currently in the industry. They will come in 24V/4.2A, that is 100W of power, and can be recharged to 90% of their capacity in 10 minutes. Compared to their older sisters, the Li-Ion, SCiBs can be recharged 5,000 to 6,000 times, not 500 to 600.

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Toshiba`s SCiB Battery: Charging in 5 Mins/No Plans for Use in EV Soon

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:58:38 +0000

Toshiba has developed an advanced type of Lithium-Ion batteries, the SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery). They say it has the capacity of charging within 5 minutes at 90% of its capacity, and it is being able to bear 5000 to 6000 charges until it starts losing capacity. They used the battery to demonstrate these on a laptop.

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