I'm sorry to hear that Gussy. My old one that I had for 10 years died last year and couldn't be fixed so I had to buy a new one.

From my very basic knowledge of electronics using a lesser voltage battery than required shold be ok, but it also depends on the current rating of the battery given usually in milliamps. It should be about the same as the computer battery.

Is your battery pack designed for computers ? If so it should be ok.

Well it should be OK.

Rumpole at March 18, 2016 at 5:09 AM

Well it should be OK.

A Russian rocket has lifted off from the Baikonur space base carrying three crew to the International Space Station, including a US grandfather who is poised to enter the record books.

The trio comprise Russians Oleg Skriprochka and Alexey Ovchinin, and US grandfather of three, Jeff Williams, 58, a veteran of long-duration space missions.

By the end of his half-year trip aboard the ISS, Mr Williams "will become the American with the most cumulative days in space — 534," NASA says.

Good Luck Mr Williams, live long & prosper.  

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-19/jeff-williams-us-grandpa-astronaut-leaves-for-space-station/7260286

Third-closest comet to ever fly past Earth to zip by tomorrow morning; 'not a threat', NASA says.

Although comet P/2016 BA14 will be the closest since 1983, it will still pass us by at a distance of 3.5 million kilometres nine times as far as the moon.

Although BA14 was originally designated a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its close approach, researchers found it had a tail of dust and ice, identifying it as a comet.

There is also the chance of a weak meteor shower as Earth crosses the comet's orbit on March 28.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-22/third-closes-comet-to-ever-fly-past-earth-'not-a-threat'-nasa/7266078

Photon at March 21, 2016 at 10:04 PM

Third-closest comet to ever fly past Earth to zip by tomorrow morning; 'not a threat', NASA says.

Although comet P/2016 BA14 will be the closest since 1983, it will still pass us by at a distance of 3.5 million kilometres nine times as far as the moon.

Although BA14 was originally designated a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its close approach, researchers found it had a tail of dust and ice, identifying it as a comet.

There is also the chance of a weak meteor shower as Earth crosses the comet's orbit on March 28.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-22/third-closes-comet-to-ever-fly-past-earth-'not-a-threat'-nasa/7266078

People could soon be able to replace their washing machines with a little bit of sunshine, thanks to pioneering nanotechnology research being developed by RMIT University researchers.

The researchers have been working on self-cleaning textiles, by growing nanostructures on textiles which — when exposed to light — release a burst of energy that then degrades organic matter.

So sunshine, or even just a light bulb, could get rid of stains and grime.

The advertising industry will not like this at all;  No more soap powder ads ! 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-23/nanotechnology-self-cleaning-clothes-are-on-the-way-researchers/7268780

Photon at March 22, 2016 at 9:48 PM

People could soon be able to replace their washing machines with a little bit of sunshine, thanks to pioneering nanotechnology research being developed by RMIT University researchers.

The researchers have been working on self-cleaning textiles, by growing nanostructures on textiles which — when exposed to light — release a burst of energy that then degrades organic matter.

So sunshine, or even just a light bulb, could get rid of stains and grime.

The advertising industry will not like this at all;  No more soap powder ads ! 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-23/nanotechnology-self-cleaning-clothes-are-on-the-way-researchers/7268780

What I want are shirts that iron themselves.

Rumpole at March 22, 2016 at 10:22 PM

Photon at March 22, 2016 at 9:48 PM

People could soon be able to replace their washing machines with a little bit of sunshine, thanks to pioneering nanotechnology research being developed by RMIT University researchers.

The researchers have been working on self-cleaning textiles, by growing nanostructures on textiles which — when exposed to light — release a burst of energy that then degrades organic matter.

So sunshine, or even just a light bulb, could get rid of stains and grime.

The advertising industry will not like this at all;  No more soap powder ads ! 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-23/nanotechnology-self-cleaning-clothes-are-on-the-way-researchers/7268780

What I want are shirts that iron themselves.

We'll have Robots to handle that. 

You can learn something new every day. 

Volcanoes may have caused the Moon's poles to wander, according to ancient ice deposits.

Moon's axis shifted six degrees indicates position of ancient ice deposits.

Polar shift may due to volcanism in the Procellarum region, which makes up 30 per cent of the Moon.

Moon can provide a record on how water reached the inner solar system say scientists.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-24/volcanoes-may-have-caused-the-moon's-poles-to-wander/7271830

Will someone be able to invent anti gravity one day ?

Dr Karl doesn't know

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2016/03/22/4427611.htm

Japan's space agency says it has lost communication with a newly launched astronomy satellite which was developed in conjunction with US space agency NASA.

It was hoped the $365 million satellite could gather data to help study the origin of the universe and the presence of black holes.

A spokesman for the Japanese Spacey said ......... Shit Happens.  

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-28/japans-new-hitomi-satellite-suffers-communication-failure/7279774

Genetic map reveals impact of interbreeding with ancient Denisovans and Neanderthals.

Warning to Whovians; the word "Hybrid" is used several times in this report. 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-29/impact-of-interbreeding-with-ancient-denisovans-and-neanderthals/7275182

A long-extinct animal known as the Siberian Unicorn — which was actually a long-horned rhinoceros — may have walked the Earth as recently as 29,000 years ago, at the same time as prehistoric humans, researchers say.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-30/siberian-unicorn-lived-on-earth-with-humans/7283268

P.S. Check out the Guardian readers comments, some are very amusing. 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/29/siberian-unicorn-extinct-humans-fossil-kazakhstan

Australian company launches home solar storage battery to take on electronics giant Tesla

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-30/recyclable-solar-storage-battaries-to-take-on-giants-tesla/7284518