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  1. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Rhett Allain

    Squeeze More Juice Out of Your Dead Batteries—Using Physics (opens the original)

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    You’re walking the dog at night, and your little flashlight, which has been getting dimmer, conks out. Instead of stumbling home in the dark, wouldn't it be great if you could somehow eke a little more energy out of the batteries inside? That's not as crazy as it sounds. When a battery-powered device stops working, we say the battery is “dead”—but it's not really. It still contains chemical energy, and the voltage isn't zero; it's just not high enough to run a current through the light b

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