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  • The future of phone chargers: self-aware and integrated into everyday objects

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    08.14.2014

    Here's a horror story everyone can relate to: You download a cool new app or an OS update, only to find that it eats through the phone's battery relentlessly, frequently leaving you with nothing but a tiny sliver of red on the gauge. While some aim to solve this issue by developing a new breed of batteries, a California startup called Qnovo and Qualcomm are each working on charging technologies instead. Qnovo, for one, has developed software that can analyze a battery's temperature and the voltage passing through it, as well as determine your charging habits.