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August 15, 2006

Dell's hot technology

Dell has today announced the recall of more than 4 million laptop batteries over fears that they could overheat and start a fire.

Dell recalls 4m laptop batteries Dell recalls batteries over fears of explosions

There may well have been some data quality issues involved in the manufacture of these batteries (by Sony), but what concerns me is the opportunity for error when checking whether a battery is potentially dangerous or not. Here's a shot of the label on my own laptop battery:

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Posted by Steve Tuck at 2:30 PM