What's that powdery, crystallized stuff inside your battery case? Classic battery corrosion. While it can be a frustrating and potentially dangerous matter to resolve, it isn't usually hard to clean ...

Technology powers our lives, which is why it's important to keep all of our devices in tip-top shape. This includes giving even the smallest devices, like remote controls and mouses, some regular ...

If you’re like many people, you don’t lift the hood of your car unless you really have to. If the car is working well, that ...

While modern power systems in personal electronics and larger devices have been gradually moving toward rechargeable frameworks in the interest of sustainability, there's still a lot of disposable ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We've all climbed into our cars, turned the key, and heard the car struggle to start. While sometimes this happens as the battery ages, hard ...

Double A batteries are great. Until you leave a camera in a drawer for awhile and the batteries leak and make a mess. I was traveling and bought off-brand batteries at a gas station. The corrosion ...

As you may know, we’re rather big fans of building things here at Hackaday. But we’re also quite partial to repairing things which might otherwise end up in a landfill. Especially when those things ...

Scientists have found a way to push zinc–bromine flow batteries to the next level. By trapping corrosive bromine with a ...

A small team of researchers at the University of Glasgow believe to have found the perfect solution for the perfect electric car of the future: a battery that runs on rust and can be recharged with ...

Find out how to sustainably recycle corroded batteries, too. Technology powers our lives, which is why it's important to keep all of our devices in tip-top shape. This includes giving even the ...