Do You Know ThatYou Have Been Charging Your Phone Wrong All Your Life? Here’s The Right Way

Don’t you hate when you run out of your smartphone battery at the most critical moments? Traditionally, the smartphones battery life leaves a lot to be desired. While you may blame the excessive number of apps running in the background for fast battery drain, the problem might actually be lying elsewhere.
A scientific study has revealed that the short battery life can be blamed on the way we charge our smartphones. Here’s how you should charge your phone. Because science!

Unplug the Smartphone once it is 100% charged

Leaving the smartphone plugged in, as we tend to do overnight, is the worst thing you could do to your smartphone battery.
Once the battery of your smartphone is completely charged, the trickle charge flow begins to maintain the 100% charging. Thus, the battery endures a high-stress, high-tension state that may damage it. Think of it as exercising for hours on end, without stopping. You can imagine the stress that your muscles will feel. The same goes for the battery of your handset.

Unplug  the device Before it is Completely Charged

Ideally, the Li-ion batteries should not be charged completely, the reason being the battery stress applied by the high voltage which drains the battery faster.

Charge your smartphone in Short Bursts

The battery chemistry reveals that the smartphone batteries last longer if the phone is charged in small bursts, rather than one lengthy charging session. In fact, plug in your phone as often as you can. The experts recommend plugging in your phone once it loses 10 percent of the battery charge. Since it might not be possible for the most people to do so, plugging in whenever possible is your best bet.
The Li-ion batteries develop their own stress levels and allowing the battery to drain completely will reduce the battery endurance in the long run. So step up the battery performance of your device by plugging it into the socket frequently.

Keep your Smartphone Cool

Remember the Apple advice about charging your cell phone?
“If you notice that your device gets hot when you charge it, take it out of its case first.”
Smartphone batteries are vulnerable to heat. Thus, the company suggests removing those phone cases that insulate heat when the iPhone is plugged in for charging.

This Device Prevents Molestation By Calling For Help

     
By The Engineer - July, 5th 2016
As per Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network organization, an American is assaulted sexually every 107 seconds. That’s about 293,066 persons aged 12 or more being victims annually. In light of these horrific statistics, it makes sense if people carried something for the sake of protection and that’s where ROAR for Good – a company whose sole purpose is to empower women reduce assaults – comes in with a gadget called Athena.
It is a wearable gadget that is being touted as capable of helping in protecting women against assault. It is about the size of half a dollar and can be clipped easily to accessories or clothing. All that the user needs  to do is to push a button and Athena emits a loud alarm while sending messages to your loved ones along with user’s location.
The gadget works by connecting to the ROAR mobile app. The app allows the user to set up an account and add emergency contacts that will be contacted upon pressing of the button. The contacts do need to have to install the app in order to receive these messages. Athena also features a silent mode that allows the user to send messages without sounding the alarm.
   As of now, ROAR for Good has raised funds for Athena on Indiegogo successfully. 10% of the earnings from every Athena will be sent to the One Love Foundation – an organization that is working on educating teens and college students about relationship violence.
Athena cofounder, Yasmine Mustafa said, “Building these self-defense tools or safety tools, to us, is kind a short term strategy. The whole idea is educating young children on what constitutes a healthy relationship with the goal of not needing these devices one day.”