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How to load your mobile battery when there is no electricity

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Let’s tell you How to load your mobile battery when you don’t have electricityeither by some blackout in your area or for some other situation. Because in these cases it is normal for us to throw a lot of mobile, and that it is the device that we need most to have loaded. The mobile has become the environment with which we communicate, we inform ourselves and entertain ourselves, so it is important to keep it with drums. That is why we are going to give you some tips that will help you keep it loaded. Load your mobile without electricity Let’s give you a series of Methods to load the mobile without electricity at home In list format, with descriptions of why each of the methods we recommend. Of course, there should be Prepared for any light of light In some cases. These are the methods you can use: Use an external battery: If you have an external battery at home, you have a treasure in these cases. It is the main method you can use. If the battery has a good capacity of about 10,000 mAh, you should have several loads of your mobile. Plant it with your laptop’s battery: If you have a laptop at home that still has a battery and you will not use it, you can connect your mobile and use the laptop as an external battery. Of course, this will exhaust the computer battery very quickly, that is, be careful if you are going to need it. The battery of your car: You can also go to your car and connect it to one of the loaders you have. In these cases, it is important that you keep the car started, and to be able to circulate with it, so that the battery is not exhausted and you can start it later. Solar or crank batteries: There are other types of batteries or loaders that you can use, such as those that use the sun to load (although in a very slow way), or those that have a dynamo or crank to generate electricity. They are little efficient methods, but they are. Try not to use the mobile much: Finally, we are going to advise you that in these cases try not to use the mobile too much, especially not use demanding games or apps that drain the battery. Use the energy savings mode you have and reduce the brightness of the screen, also turning off Bluetooth, GPS or Wifi to maximize the battery life you have. In Xataka Basics | How to prepare for possible blackouts: the main tips to be prepared

Normal, with solar load and crank. Five external batteries to have the mobile loaded during a blackout

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Behind him Mass blackout That we suffer yesterday throughout the Peninsula, it has become clear that it is convenient to have one or more PowerBank (or external batteries) at home so that at least I can have the mobile with drums. But … which one to choose? In this article we have gathered different external batteries that can be very useful at a time with which we live yesterday with a light cut of many hours. IPOSIBLE WITH SOLAR LOAD by 35.95 euros With coupon, an external battery with solar panels. ANKER LAPTOP by 99.99 eurosan external battery that allows recharging to laptops. Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank by 14.99 eurosa very cheap external battery that has a good load capacity. Wastde with solar load and crank by 59.99 eurosan external battery designed to use it at all times. Anker Zolo by 20.89 eurosan external pocket battery with 30W load. IPOSIBLE WITH SOLAR LOAD One of the most interesting proposals of this list is External Iposible batterywhich is at Amazon at a price of 39.95 euros, although selecting the store coupon stays in 35.95 euros. And it is interesting because its capacity of 26,800 mAh is recharged by solar load, so we can be ready even if we have no light. Comes with four waterproof solar panels that can be folded, includes several USB ports (both USB-C as USB-A and Microusb) and its construction offers water resistance, blows and dust. The brand mentions that the battery offers more than 1,600 load life cycles. * Some price may have changed from the last review ANKER LAPTOP On the other hand, if what we are looking for is an external battery that even allows us to recharge a laptop (useful if the light cut has caught us when we were working), the ANKER LAPTOP It can be a very good purchase option. Costs 99.99 euros in Amazon and is very complete. The Anker Laptop is an external battery that comes with a capacity of 25,000 mAh. Includes three USB-C ports and offers a loading power up to 100Wso you can recharge a good assortment of devices. In addition, it allows recharging up to four devices at once. * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank If what we are looking for is an external economic battery, but also very useful, the Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank Right now it costs 14.99 euros In the official store. In addition, it comes with a capacity of 20,000 mAh, offers a power of 18W. Xiaomi’s external battery comes with a couple of USB-A ports, a USB-C port and another microusb. It also has temperature protectionagainst the short circuits, against overcurrent and also against the overtheions. Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank * Some price may have changed from the last review Wastde with solar load and crank Another of the most interesting proposals of this list is the Wastde external batterywhich comes both with solar load and with a crank. Its price at Amazon is 59.99 euros and stands out mainly for these two reasons: it can be recharged through the solar load or using the crank (very useful for the night). In addition to this, it comes with three output cables (Lightning, USB-C and Microusb) and three output ports (two USB-A and a USB-C). It allows to recharge many devices at the same time, has a capacity of 26,800 mAh and includes a flashlight with three modes: SOS, strobe and continuous. Wastde with solar load and crank * Some price may have changed from the last review Anker Zolo If what we are looking for is an external pocket battery that occupies very little space, the Anker Zolo It can be a very good purchase option. It is located at a price at a price of 20.89 euros And it can be stored practically in any pocket, since its dimensions are approximately 119.9 x 73.4 x 31.4 mm. In addition to this, the external battery offers a 30W load powerincludes an integrated USB-C cable, its capacity is 10,000 mAh and can be recharged in a short time thanks to its 20W power. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | IPOSIBLE, ANKER, XIAOMI, WASTDE In Xataka | What do you need (according to the EU) for your survival kit and how much can it cost you? In Xataka | Best Power Bank to load your mobile phone. Which to buy and recommended external batteries

The English Court returns to the load with new technoprecios. The best offers in Xiaomi mobiles, Samsung smartwatch and more

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The English Court has launched its particular campaign of the Tecnopreciosand this time we can find some quite interesting offers (some new and others that have remained from the previous campaign). In this article we have gathered the five best offers that we can find in the store in mobile phones, smartwatch and more. Yes indeed, The campaign will end on March 26. Xiaomi 14t Pro by 749.90 eurosa good price for Xiaomi’s mobile in its 512 GB configuration. Samsung Galaxy Watch7 by 199 eurosa price that has maintained the store of your previous campaign. ZTE NUBIA Z60 ULTRA by 599.90 eurosa discount of 300 euros in a very interesting gaming mobile. Huawei Fit 3 by 109 eurosone of the best activity bracelets for less than 200 euros launched last year. LG Stanbyme by 799 eurosa curious portable and tactile television to watch content anywhere in the house. Xiaomi 14t Pro He Xiaomi 14t Pro (And also the Xiaomi 14t) have been receiving offers since the same day of their launch. Now, we can find it in your 512 GB configuration by 749.90 euros In El Corte Inglés, although in the Xiaomi store it is somewhat cheaper, by 699.99 euros. Xiaomi’s mobile is currently one of those who have better value for money within the brand. Stands out mainly for your 6.7 -inch 1.5K screenbut also does it for its excellent photographic quality thanks to the sensors signed by Leica, as well as its powerful processor MEDATEK DIMENSITY 9300+. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy Watch7 The English Court has maintained the very good offer we could find in the Samsung Galaxy Watch7 During your previous campaign. By 199 euros We have a good smartwatch in your 44 mm configuration that comes with 32 GB of internal storage, has IP68 certification And it comes with temperature sensors, gyroscope, electric cardiac and more. Samsung Galaxy Watch7 (44 mm) * Some price may have changed from the last review ZTE NUBIA Z60 ULTRA If what we are looking for is a gaming mobile, much eye with the new offer of El Corte Inglés. The store has the Nubia Z60 Ultra de Zte For alone 599 euros In its 512 GB configuration, a spectacular price for everything the mobile offers. The most remarkable (but not the only thing) is that its 6.8 -inch AMOLED screen takes advantage of the front, Its processor is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and its battery is 6,000 mAh. ZTE NUBIA Z60 ULTRA (512 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Fit 3 We can also find other smartwatch, or in this case bracelets of activity, of the most interesting in the Tecnoprecios campaign of El Corte Inglés. He Huawei Fit 3for example, it has a good discount that leaves it for 109 euros. It is an interesting wearable, the best launched last year for less than 200 euros. Stands out mainly for your Side Rotating Crownfor its good screen (offers a good level of brightness outdoors) and for its particular design that is quite close to what is seen in the Apple Watch. * Some price may have changed from the last review LG Stanbyme As a “discovery”, in El Corte Inglés we can find a curious television that we can place in virtually any room in the house. The LG Stanbymefound in the store for 799 eurosIt is one 27 -inch Smart TV with touch screen which includes a battery that offers an approximate autonomy of three hours. Its operating system is Webos 6.0, the height can be adjusted and rotate the 180º screen and set up the intelligent A7 GEN5 processor of LG to offer a fluid experience in the operating system. LG Stanbyme (27 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi, Samsung, Zte, Huawei, LG In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best smartwatch: their analysis and videos are here

There is an “anti-musk” movement in the US. And the concessionaires, cars and load stations of Tesla are paying it with fire

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It all started with some stickers. He continued with demonstrations. And ended with attacks on cars, dealers and load stations. The political positioning of Elon Musk has raised the anger of people who are clear that their way of protesting against one of the most controversial voices of the United States government is to directly attack its most recognized brand. And the owners of their cars. A first warning. “I bought this car before Elon went crazy.” That was the message that the owners of some Tesla began to send in November 2024. At that time, the United States elections had already occurred and Elon Musk was outlined as one of the singing voices of the new government of the country. Elon Musk vs Jeff Bezos: The Galaxies War However, the figure of the owner of Tesla was going to fit in the new administration of Donald Trump. Had promised that I would lead Dogethe Government Efficiency Department dedicated to cleaning all expenses (supposedly) superfluous within the administration. But, in addition, during his electoral campaign he already defended that They will withdraw the aid to the purchase of electric cars and all support will be dismantled to jump to this type of technology. A measure that, in the short term, should benefit Tesla given Leadership in the market. “Extremely Hardcore”. They were the Words used by Elon Musk to define the future of his work at the head of Doge and the application of his measures in the state administration. But it could define, without a clipper, everything that has been experienced since Donald Trump took power in the White House. Let’s remember quickly: Concentrations. All these decisions have been heating the atmosphere in the streets. A week ago the movement Tesla Tekadown. The movement encouraged to get rid of Tesla’s actions to make them go down and try reduce the richest man portfolio in the world. Little by little they started join repentant to the campaign like those of those stickers on the political turn of Elon Musk. The movement also encouraged to concentrate in front of the company’s dealers and even has A map where you can see future demonstrations against the company. In Europe only four are counted for the next few days but in the United States there are dozens of them. And to this we must add the viral campaign in the United Kingdom where Elon Musk was compared with Hitler and pointed to Tesla as the company that would take you from “0 to 1939 in three seconds”. Click on the photo to go to the original tweet Of less to more. But of concentrations and messages in concessionaires (and even In the company factory in Berlin) It has gone to more violent actions. Messages of “Kill Elon” in a concessionaire who was broken all the crystals. The superior image corresponds to an Oregon dealership (United States) but also Cases have been given in Europe. In France, for example, an anarchist group has claimed the Fire of a dealership which has ended with several partially calcined cars. In California, a few weeks ago, a group of students published their notice: “The Tesla hunting season opens”. A few days later, in Florida, a good number of vehicles waiting to be delivered They vandalized. And if that were not enough, Seven Load Stations In the United States they have been burned as a boycott measure against the company. Click on the image to go to the original tweet Click on the image to go to the original tweet Pulling creativity. To avoid being victims of possible attacks, the owners of some Tesla have chosen to “disguise” their cars from other brands. Thus, it is possible to see Tesla Model 3 converted to Audi, Mazda U Honda cars. And instead of damaging cars, there are those who have opted for more creative solutions: project images in the Tesla Cybertruck found on the street. Taking advantage of the night, they use the rear of the electric SUV to launch messages that remember the number of vehicle reviews or the political drift of Elon Musk. Click on the image to go to the original tweet Polarized. All this has caused the community to divide even more among those who support Elon Musk, who are shown in favor of this type of protests and who simply, They try to separate the artist from the work. Other acquaintances influencers, Like Jerry Rig Eventhing (9.2 million followers on YouTube), they have assured that undoing all Tesla They have on their property. Chopped. At the moment, all this does not help improve the image of the company that has been facing a very hard correction in their actions. A fall that only time will say if it is the bad sales resultsadded to A 2024 that did not finish please to investors, and how much is related to Elon Musk’s political support. The drop in sales has a lot to do with the update of the Tesla Model andits great superventas, which is very likely that the plans to buy potential customers have delayed. However, the figures In China they are being bad And in Germany, the first electric car market in Europe, are being poor, with A 76% drop. Photo | Elon Musk in X and David Geitgey Sierralupe In Xataka | Tesla sales in Europe have sunk 45% and their shares are paying expensive. It’s not even your worst news

The United States is beginning to dismantle the load network for electric cars, according to leaks

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Donald Trump had a clear objective on his arrival at the White House: dismantling how many Biden administration policies could. Within what the former executive fostered, there were measures to accelerate the decarbonization through the commitment to renewable energies and the electric cars. After a movement that put the legs up the US aspirations with the electric carThe Verge and CPR News claim that one more step will be taken soon: to dismantle thousands of electric car loading points Throughout the country, in addition to removing electric cars bought by the Biden government. Federal buildings without plug. The Colorado Public Radio It was the first means to echo this. They claim to have access to an internal email and several sources that point to the administration of general services, or GSA, is working to align with the current administration. And that implies closing load stations. The GSA is responsible for administering buildings that are owned by the federal government, a task that performs throughout the country. According to an email you have seen The Vergethe GSA plans to announce the gradual closure of the loaders network at some point in last week. Some offices would have already begun to pull the plug and in others, in which there are contracts with the network suppliers, the loaders will be disabled once these contracts expire. To the clean point. When this happens, neither the vehicles owned by the government nor the individuals of the workers can load at those points. During the Biden mandate, the GSA was responsible for implementing a presidential plan to gradually eliminate the use of gas propelled vehicles. The idea It was that, of the 650,000 vehicles that the federal government has, more than half were replaced by electric. That is why recharge points began to be installed in federal buildings, but with the new plan in progress and the intention of not going to electric cars, those chargers would now not make sense. According to The entity itself, in March 2024, more than 58,000 electric vehicles had been commissioned and, to the 8,000 recharge points in government buildings, another 25,000 would be added soon. Before and after Trump “They are not critical for the mission”. There was a map that showed in real time the location and status of these load points, but the only way to Consult it It is via Wayback Machine, since that section of the web was deleted a few days ago. According to the sources of The Verge and CPR, the electric vehicles they already had will stop using, but it is not clear if they will be sold or stored. And the message issued by the GSA in the filtered communications could not be clearer: “We have received instructions that all the load stations owned by the GSA are not critical for the mission.” Does not a puppet with a head. In Wired they echoed plan of the GSA to sell approximately 500 buildings as part of the efforts of the Trump government for “Clean” public administrationsomething that is also aligned with the Doge department leading Elon Musk. The most striking of all this is that the GSA and the Government not only will not go to the electric car, but to dismantle points that prevent the workers of those buildings from carrying their particular electric cars while they are in their job. Images | Gage Skidmore, Mariordo In Xataka | Tesla had a contract of 400 million dollars from the United States government. They have had to reculate

Immediate energy and instant load

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If there is something that surrounds us and what we cannot escape, that is plastic. Better or worseplastic is used for everything and we have abused so much that even Our semen is full of plastic. However, not all are the same and there is a very special one that was discovered in the 80s: the Poli (3.4-ethylendioxytiophen), or pedot, for abbreviation. We are talking about a special plastic because, although with limitations, it is a conductor of electricity. However, UCLA researchers have found The way to create a pedest supercadrator, and is something with potential to change energy storage and transmission of it. Pedot. Plastic is common in elements that need an electricity insulator. A simple example is that of loaders or plugs, whose coverage is a polymer. However, in the 80s a combination was discovered that allowed to create a conductor polymer of electricity. And he did it in normal environments, so the air and humidity did not take its toll. That is why it is used in many types of devices, such as OLED panelstactile screens, electrocromic elements, sensors, flexible conductive films or flexible solar panelseven experiments such as 2.0 brick with energy storage or a Electrical cultivation floor. Almost for everything. Pedot’s problem is that it transmits electricity well, but it is not good by storing it because it does not have the necessary surface to store large amounts of energy. Therefore, the bricks we talked about before gave to illuminate a LED (which requires an extremely low amount of electricity), not for much more. But of course, if the plastic was already revolutionized with the pedot, one could go one step further, right? Superpedot. That is what a chemical team from the University of California was asked, who sought to control the growth of the nanofibers of this polymer so that, in addition to conducting electricity, it can be stored. In something that UCLA chemists have baptized as “steam stage”, pedot’s nanofibers expand vertically. To get a more visual idea, it is as if it were a mantle of grass, which allows the surface of the material to be increased and, therefore, providing the polymer with better properties to store energy. And this growth has been achieved by adding a liquid formed by graphene oxide nanoparticles and ferric chloride on a graphite sheet. Once it is exposed to steam, that vertical polymer is formed. Plastic battery. By increasing the surface of the pedot, “we increase its ability enough to build a supercainer,” Comment Haher El-Kady, principal researcher of this project. It’s an achievement, it is clear, but … for what? Well, the idea is to create more efficient storage systems to address the problem of storage of renewable energy plants. It is something that, for example, is disrupting giant plans like China. Applications. And the great point in favor of this superpedot is that it can release energy accumulating electric charge on its surface. It is what allows you to load and download extremely fast, which makes it an ideal system for applications that require quickly released and storing it again, again, faster than a conventional battery. An example can be the flash of a camera, but also something much more practical for the energy transition of the automotive segment: regenerative braking systems in electric vehicles. A conventional battery stores and releases energy by slow chemical reactions, but this pedotal supercadrator can use that regenerative braking, for continuing with that example, to store a greater load of energy that, then, feed the wheels. Promising. The team states that its conductivity is 100 times greater than that of other commercial products based on Pedot, but also has a four -time surface, which facilitates that use as a supercainer. They also comment that it is very durable, supporting more than 70,000 load cycles, which makes them more interesting than traditional materials with greater wear in that constant load and discharge process. From the UCLA, they are convinced that “the use of pedot with graphene in supercaursors can help society meet their energy needs,” but we must continue investigating to check their properties in field work. And, yes, these supercaders are not a replacement of batteries, but a complement to applications that require a high loading and discharge speed. The battery remains the best commercial way to store that energy and the field of electric cars It is one in which superconductors can give a lot of play. One of the most interesting examples of use is the one that MIT engineers detailed a few years ago: convert roads into supercaders. Images | UCLA In Xataka | A “Super Cardpisator” to forget to load lamps forever: the idea of ​​Indian researchers

The owner of a Tesla Model and has filled his roof of solar panels to load “up to 100 km”. It is not a good idea

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He Solar car It’s like gold for the electric car. There, all wishes will be fulfilled: we will load our cars free of charge. End of the bonds of electric and oil forever. But we are so far from getting something like the gold appears in our lives. Different companies have proposed to experiment with the solar car and even sell their own models. Toyota, with the PRIusit filled the roof of it so that its plates would help the electrical components of the car. Mercedes, in his EQXX visionhe has played with the same idea. And, despite everything, from Sttutgart to Silverstone, a trip in which they toured more than 1,200 kilometersthey barely managed to extend the autonomy of the vehicle in less than 50 kilometers. But the Marketing From a solar car is very far. In the PRIus He contributed little. The Mercedes is a prototype designed to look for the limits of efficiency, both in aerodynamics and in chemistry of its batteries and consumption of its engines, so it is not too representative either. The 3.57 kWh recovered by the solar panels yielded much more in a vehicle of these characteristics than in a street car. Sono Zion, one of the most advanced projects, He ended up canceling. Those responsible for Lightyear, who said they were able to travel for free 70 kilometers daily with their solar car, have also ended by Lower the blind. In fact, since the vehicle was announced in 2019, its managers did not stop lowering expectations and, with them, the number of kilometers per year that the car could travel thanks to its solar panels. But all this has been no impediment to the owner of a Tesla Model and that ensures in Reddit having made your electric SUV a much more efficient vehicle thanks to some solar panels distributed along the ceiling. Figures that, of course, you have to take with tweezers. Putting it in quarantine As he has counted in a thread of Redditthis owner of a tesla model and ensures that he has designed a system of Foldable solar panels that allow you to load every day between 30 and 100 kilometers a day. In the presentation of his project, the user explains that the panels are folding and installed on the roof baca. He assures that in this first version, the panels stand out about 27 centimeters from the ceiling of the vehicle but that, in a new version in which he is working, he will reduce the height to about 15 centimeters, improve the flush and create a carbon fiber support To lighten the set. In total, the Tesla Model and can carry in the future, always according to the user, 4,000 W packaged On the roof, which once deployed can recover part of solar energy, transform it into electricity and recharge the car while it is parked. But many doubts arise here. First, he assures that He is working So that the solar energy is transformed into electric and goes directly to the car battery so, we understand, for now the energy is stored in a battery that subsequently recharges the vehicle. The other great doubt that arises is about the true efficiency of the whole. In 2019Toyota created a prototype of the PRIus that filled the entire roof, the rear window and the hood of the solar panel car. A surface that generated 860 W. With them, Toyota said he could travel some 45 extra kilometersbut they were based on the Japanese homologation cycle, much more lax than Europeans. In the case of Tesla Model and, the weight of the panels touches the maximum of 75 kg that in the United States can move on the ceiling, so it will irremediably affect consumption. First of all, those 75 kg of weight, which is more or less like going with one more person in the car. And, much more critical, for the impact on automobile aerodynamics, which would be very damaged. The creator says that he has not calculated the latter but believes that consumption worsens at 10%. All this has led some Work reviewers To affirm that the car can barely travel a little more than 40 kilometers under real circulation conditions. That without entering into the impact that the solar panels have on the dynamics of the vehicle and the march comfort, because it must be difficult to ignore the generated noise. In Xataka | The accounts (impossible) to get an autonomous solar car that is recharged only with sunlight In Xataka | This electric SUV moves only with solar energy. And just arrived at the Sahara after traveling 1,000 kilometers Photo | Somid3 *An earlier version of this article was published in January 2024

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