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MotherGunner

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Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« on: November 18, 2009, 08:05:26 AM »


It will be some time before it reaches couch potatos' hands, but NEC's new TV remote prototype promises eternal power and no battery changes. Ever. How so? It doesn't use any. How is this sorcery possible?
According to the witches and wizards at NEC Electronics and Onryoku Hatsuden, their new remote generates electricity when the users clicks on any button. They are planning to see the first production remotes in 2011.
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Re: Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2009, 08:21:19 AM »
Good, now if they could make wireless game controllers do the same thing that would be ace!
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Re: Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2009, 08:23:59 AM »
What's up NEC?  You're answering a question that no one has asked.  :-s

They should keep it simple and add a rechargeable battery and solar cells.  Then with the free time leftover, they could design a PCE-on-a-chip.
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Re: Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2009, 10:15:08 AM »
Those new type of switches hit the market over 6 months ago.  They use the energy of the persons "button pushing effort" to generate a short pulse of electricity.  So, it's good for impulse event type operations, like energizing a transmitter for a VERY short period of time to send a VERY short message.  The original intent was for short-range wireless applications, like adding a light switch to control a wireless lamp for those installations where you can't run any wires (like in an existing cement wall).  However, at the time of inception, they were like $75 for the switch, and another $75 for the damn lamp socket!  Guess they're a bit cheaper now?

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Re: Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2009, 10:15:15 AM »
Hell, I would love a TE that you can recharge just by playing it with the added solar cells.
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Re: Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2009, 10:18:12 PM »
that's hot.
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Re: Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2009, 12:51:51 AM »
If you read the NEC Japan press release, the industrial designer said that he is an avid PCE fan and listened to a lot of chiptunes (Download, Dungeon Explorer, Makyo Densetu, etc.) whilst creating the new TV remote.

He also hinted that he played a lot of Gomola Speed instead of taking cigarette breaks (he's trying to quit).

Pretty awesome.

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Re: Gizmodo: NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 05:01:10 AM »
There better be a '6280 somewhere in there, or I'm not buying it!
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