07-18-2010, 12:30 PM
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These look pretty cool to use.
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With the introduction of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries many gadgets have moved away from using AA and AAA batteries. But for certain devices e.g. a TV remote, these one use batteries are still the norm.
Although rechargeable versions of such batteries exist, most people still rely on using the standard one use versions and throwing them away, which is very wasteful. Brother Industries may have come up with an alternative for low-power devices, however.
A new Vibration-power Generating Battery (VpGB) has been created which can be produced in both AA and AAA sizes. Unlike those batteries though, it does not contain a certain amount of energy which gets discharged and then becomes useless. Instead, shaking the battery generates power which can then be used immediately.
So with a VpGB in your remote, all you need do is shake the remote and then use as normal. The battery won’t ever need replacing, and therefore there is no waste until the remote’s life is over.
VpGB’s can’t replace standard batteries completely, but for any device that only needs power occasionally, and consumes no more than 100mW (AAA) or 180mW (AA), they are perfect.
The VpGB is set to be demonstrated at the Techno-frontier 2010 show held from July 21-23 in Tokyo.
Read more at Tech-On!
Matthew’s Opinion
Even if this new battery is only suitable for use in remotes that’s a lot of batteries we won’t be throwing away. A little effort on the part of the user to shake a device, and you have power for the remote for the life of the TV. Sounds perfect to me.
TV manufacturers will jump on this if the price is right as they can advertise the remote as never needing batteries. They can also claim to be shipping a more environmentally friendly solution, which marketing departments love to use if they can.
Would you be willing to shake your remote before use in order to save buying and using wasteful batteries?
Link to site article came from: http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/bro...-20100716/
With the introduction of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries many gadgets have moved away from using AA and AAA batteries. But for certain devices e.g. a TV remote, these one use batteries are still the norm.
Although rechargeable versions of such batteries exist, most people still rely on using the standard one use versions and throwing them away, which is very wasteful. Brother Industries may have come up with an alternative for low-power devices, however.
A new Vibration-power Generating Battery (VpGB) has been created which can be produced in both AA and AAA sizes. Unlike those batteries though, it does not contain a certain amount of energy which gets discharged and then becomes useless. Instead, shaking the battery generates power which can then be used immediately.
So with a VpGB in your remote, all you need do is shake the remote and then use as normal. The battery won’t ever need replacing, and therefore there is no waste until the remote’s life is over.
VpGB’s can’t replace standard batteries completely, but for any device that only needs power occasionally, and consumes no more than 100mW (AAA) or 180mW (AA), they are perfect.
The VpGB is set to be demonstrated at the Techno-frontier 2010 show held from July 21-23 in Tokyo.
Read more at Tech-On!
Matthew’s Opinion
Even if this new battery is only suitable for use in remotes that’s a lot of batteries we won’t be throwing away. A little effort on the part of the user to shake a device, and you have power for the remote for the life of the TV. Sounds perfect to me.
TV manufacturers will jump on this if the price is right as they can advertise the remote as never needing batteries. They can also claim to be shipping a more environmentally friendly solution, which marketing departments love to use if they can.
Would you be willing to shake your remote before use in order to save buying and using wasteful batteries?
Link to site article came from: http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/bro...-20100716/
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