Jan 11, 2010 - mPower Emergency Illuminator Wins Innovations Design and Engineering Award
...in "Portable Power" category for its mPower Emergency Illuminator at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
The CES hosts awards programs to honor both industry leaders and groundbreaking products and technologies. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers, and members of the media to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting-edge consumer electronics products across 36 product categories. The mPower Emergency Illuminator also was named an International CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree in the "Personal Electronics Design" category.
"This award spotlights the true importance of the Power On Command™ technology that makes the mPower Emergency Illuminator such a distinctive product," said Ron Durando, CEO of mPhase Technologies. "Considering that the US government is giving increasing priority and funding to alternative energy solutions, this is an important time to be recognized for new and innovative battery technology. We are very grateful that CES has chosen to honor us in this way."
The mPower Emergency Illuminator is a precision instrument with a powerful 180 Lumens LED and two separate battery tubes. One tube is for everyday use and holds two CR123 batteries, while the other tube holds mPhase's Power On Command™ reserve battery. If the regular CR123 batteries run down, the reserve battery takes over -- even after laying idle for 20 years. The Emergency Illuminator also features a USB port that can be used for charging portable devices such as a cell phone.
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Quelle: mPhase Technologies, Inc.
mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) is focused on developing and commercializing a new battery technology featuring Power On Command™ which provides a unique way to store energy and manage power that will revolutionize the battery industry. mPhase, through its 100% owned consumer products division mPower Technologies, is marketing its first Power On Command product, The mPower Emergency Illuminator. For more information, please visit http://www.mPhaseTech.com and http://www.mpowertech.com.
Sept 11, 2009 - mPhase Creates Consumer Products Division to Support AlwaysReady Flashlight Product Launch
mPhase Technologies, Inc. yesterday announced that a consumer products division has been created in anticipation of the AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight product launch. The product is expected to be available in early 2010. The AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight will be the first product to utilize mPhase's unique battery technology.
The consumer products division will operate under the name mPower Technologies, Inc. which will be 100% owned by mPhase Technologies, Inc. This division will be responsible for all marketing, sales, planning, logistics and customer support involved in the sale of all consumer products developed by mPhase Technologies. The company plans to diversify its product line to create additional consumer products in the near future.
"As we move from research and development of new battery technology to the launch of a new consumer product line it was essential to create a new consumer division that is entirely focused on the consumer," said CEO Ron Durando.
mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL), through its wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc., is focused on developing and commercializing a new battery technology based on a well-patented phenomenon known as electrowetting, which provides a unique way to store energy and manage power that will revolutionize the battery industry. For more information, please visit our website at www.mPhaseTech.com.
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ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND - Sep 17, 2008 -- Leading microfluidics and nanotechnology specialist mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:XDSL.OB - News), today said its breakthrough research in microfluidics on understanding how micro- and nanostructured surfaces could be engineered to have properties for repelling water and other types of liquids potentially used in consumer applications to enable self-cleaning surfaces such as shower doors or windows and other materials used in self-cleaning systems.
The capability to produce a self-cleaning surface such as a self-cleaning shower door is an outgrowth of research based upon mPhase's breakthrough in manipulating microfluidics on a nanostructured surface, which led to the development of its Smart NanoBattery, recently the subject of a $749,700 grant from the US Army to produce a long life battery for powering memory chips used in a computer application.
"The self cleaning shower door application is being considered because it potentially is a low cost path to incorporate some of the scientific techniques learned from our research into a consumer product that can benefit from having an improved design for a surface that can be self cleaned," said Ronald A. Durando, CEO of mPhase Technologies Inc.
mPhase looks forward to developing other applications stemming from its breakthrough in controlling how liquids act on a nanostructured surface.
About mPhase Technologies, Inc.
mPhase Technologies, Inc., a development company, specializes in microfluidics, microelectromechanical systems, and nanotechnology. The company, through its subsidiary, AlwaysReady, Inc., focuses on commercializing Smart NanoBattery, which provides Power On Command™ for military and commercial applications. Its patented battery technology, based on the phenomenon of electrowetting, stores energy and manages power. The technology of Smart NanoBattery is a porous nanostructured material that could be designed for self-cleaning applications, water purification/desalination, liquid filtration/separation, and drug delivery. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Little Falls, New Jersey with additional offices in Norwalk, Connecticut; and New York, New York.
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Sep 11, 2008 - mPhase Technologies, Inc. Wins Phase II STTR Award From U.S. Army
mPhase receives $749,700 Grant for Smart NanoBattery to Control Computer Memory Backup Application
Leading microfludics and nanotechnology development company mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) today announced that the company has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) grant, part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, from the U.S. Army for continued development of a reserve Smart NanoBattery for a critical computer memory application.
On the heels of mPhase's positive results achieved in its $100,000 Phase I grant, which was awarded in 2007, mPhase/AlwaysReady has won the Phase II STTR grant worth $749,700 over the two-year development period. Only a limited percentage of Phase I participants are invited by the U.S. Army to submit proposals for a second phase of work, and still fewer are awarded Phase II grants.
The funds will be used to build a functional lithium Smart NanoBattery prototype for the computer memory application. Whereas the Phase I grant supported the effort to develop a low-power "green" battery to continuously power a SRAM (static random access memory) circuit for a computer device, the Phase II work will focus on further refinements to the technology, and will be leveraged into similar commercial applications for large scale program deployments. The target is a small footprint, reserve style multi-cell, 3 V lithium chemistry micro-arrayed battery with a minimum of a 20-year shelf life and uninterruptible power output during this period. This dual use concept is part of the mPhase/AlwaysReady commercialization strategy.
"We are very pleased that we have won this Phase II award based on our technical achievements during Phase I and that our work will contribute to developing advanced power solutions in the future," said Ron Durando, CEO of mPhase.
The SBIR program is a U.S. government funding program for domestic small business concerns to engage in research and development that has the potential for commercialization. STTR program grants are offered to small businesses working in conjunction with university development partners. mPhase/AlwaysReady began working with the Energy Storage Research Group (ESRG) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, for the Phase I project and will continue to work with Rutgers ESRG over a two-year period as part of the Phase II effort to develop the Smart NanoBattery for this SRAM backup application. This version of the Smart NanoBattery may potentially go into production if Phase II is successfully completed.
"Rutgers is pleased to support a New Jersey company in this project and we look forward to continuing the development effort with our colleagues at mPhase on the design of the arrayed micro battery," said William Adams, Director of the University's Office of Corporate Liaison and Technology Transfer.
About the Award:
This Phase II STTR project is sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Office and the forward-looking statements in this release should not be inferred to reflect an endorsement position or policy of the Government
About mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc.
mPhase Technologies, Inc., a development company, specializes in microfluidics, microelectromechanical systems, and nanotechnology. The company, through its subsidiary, AlwaysReady, Inc., focuses on commercializing Smart NanoBattery, which provides Power On Command™ for military and commercial applications. Its patented battery technology, based on the phenomenon of electrowetting, stores energy and manages power. The technology of Smart NanoBattery is a porous nanostructured material that could be designed for self-cleaning applications, water purification/desalination, liquid filtration/separation, and drug delivery. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Little Falls, New Jersey with additional offices in Norwalk, Connecticut; and New York, New York.
About ESRG
Energy Storage Research Group (ESRG) is a technically diverse applied research group of faculty, research staff, graduate, and undergraduate students whose charter is the research, development and advancement of new energy storage device chemistries enabled by advancements in materials science. The group focuses on a wide range of nonaqueous and solid state chemistries, the majority of which incorporating ESRG developed nanocomposites which enable new abilities to deliver and store large amounts of power and energy per weight of device.
About Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Established in 1766, Rutgers is America's eighth oldest institution of higher learning and one of the nation's premier public research universities. Serving more than 50,000 students on campuses in Camden, Newark and New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rutgers offers more than 280 bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degree programs. The university is home to 29 degree-granting schools and colleges, and more than 150 specialized centers and institutes. With 320,000 living alumni, Rutgers graduates are major contributors to all sectors of contemporary life.
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Jun 27, 2008 - Unique Smart NanoBattery Design Permits More User Control, Power Management
mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL), and its wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc., today announced that development of the Smart NanoBattery with a mechanical activation mechanism is expected to position the company competitively against conventional battery manufacturers, and holds potential to capture significant market share. The mechanically activated Smart NanoBattery providing Power On Command(TM) will offer greater user control and power management compared to standard batteries, a significant advantage in various portable electronics markets such as emergency devices and sensor networks.
The Smart NanoBattery's manual activation architecture consists of an internal breakable barrier which separates the liquid electrolyte from the battery's electrodes. As long as the barrier is intact, the chemicals do not mix and the battery is inactive, therefore preserving all potential energy without any discharge or leakage. In this state, the battery can sit in storage for decades without notable decline in potential energy. This is critical for certain applications such as emergency lights, medical alerts, alarms, or beacons. In case of emergency, such devices must work completely and reliably at the moment they are needed. When the user wishes to use the emergency device, he would manually break the internal barrier separating the battery's chemicals. This could be accomplished by pressing a button or sliding a switch, for example. Upon breakage of the barrier, the electrolyte contacts the electrodes, initiating the chemical reaction that provides power to the emergency device. The device would then activate at full power.
Said AlwaysReady CEO Fred Allen, "The ability to separate the liquid electrolyte from the solid electrodes can improve the reliability of a broad range of portable electronic devices and opens new markets for us. It is a distinct competitive advantage that other battery companies just don't have. With their batteries, power dissipation begins the day they are manufactured. That is just not an efficient use of potential energy."
In addition to emergency devices, other mechanical activation methods and related applications of the Smart NanoBattery are currently being considered. One example could be to initiate battery activation by dropping an appropriately designed device from some significant height, such as dropping a fleet of sensors from an airplane. Battery activation would begin upon impact. An application such as this could be used in agricultural or military arenas. Dispersing multiple devices would be quick, safe, and efficient, and devices could be stored for long periods without compromising power.
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March 31, 2008 - mPhase/AlwaysReady Set to Make Battery History
mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) stated today that it is set to make battery history on Thursday, April 3rd at 9:00am ET, by demonstrating for the first time a significant breakthrough in battery technology enabled by microfluidics -- the science that deals with the behavior, control and manipulation of fluids geometrically constrained to a small, typically sub-milimeter, scale. The event will be held at AJ Maxwells located at 57 W. 48th Street in New York City and will be hosted by mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc. The mPhase/AlwaysReady Smart NanoBattery uses microfluidics to transfer liquid electrolyte through a nanostructured separator known as a membrane which makes contact with the solid electrodes, enabling activation of an electrical device. The membrane is designed to keep the electrolyte separate from the electrodes until activation is initiated.
"This microfluidic phenomenon serves as the basis for a new type of battery with unlimited shelf life that can be used to provide power in portable electronic devices for commercial and military applications," said Ronald A. Durando, CEO of mPhase Technologies Inc. The mPhase/AlwaysReady Smart NanoBattery was recently mentioned by Credit Suisse, a global research and investment banking firm, in a report entitled "Nanotechnology for Energy Systems of the Future."
To view the full Nano Circle report please visit www.Credit-Suisse.com and search mPhase or visit the following link: The full Nano Circle Report 2008. mPhase is mentioned on page 5 under "Nanotechnology for the Energy Systems of the Future."
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