Lithium-ion batteries have been used in portable consumer electronics for decades, primarily because they offer excellent energy density, no memory effect and a slow loss of charge when not in use.
SEATTLE—Boeing will continue to produce 787s as it works to get the grounded planes back flying again. Boeing’s newest jet was grounded worldwide last week after one plane suffered a battery fire.
WASHINGTON—Some 16.2 million vehicles were recalled last year, a 4.5 percent increase compared with 2011, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
WASHINGTON—Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed an instrument that identifies silicon wafers that are too fragile to make it through the photovoltaic manufacturing process.
LAKE ORION, MI—Leoni Vision Solutions has become the first machine vision integrator to successfully complete the Automated Imaging Association’s Certified Systems Integrator program.