binary solo said:
It's a battery Jim but not as we know it. If your device will always be used within range of the transmitter then there won't be any need for a traditional battery. Unlike a mobile phone which you will be taking out of transmitter range all the time. Sounds cool. So much for Yahoo's "don't by a PS3 because the battery in the controller will fail" advice. Next year there won't be a battery in the controller for it to fail on you. Batteries are a bit of an environmental nasty, even the ones in wireless controllers, because you've eventually got to throw them out. Anything that removes the need for batteries and their chemicals without affecting useability of a device is a good move. Imagine my electric lawn mower not needing to have a cord running from the house to the mower, or not having a battery that loses it's charge 7/8ths of the way through mowing the lawns. |
Yeah I know, it's remote charging. Although they will most likely still require batteries as the current range for remotre charging is limited. This device seems to be able to use Wi-Fi, although there are other ways to do remote charging.
Also, the batteries in these things usually use Li-ion batteries, which are recycled fairly consistantly as far as I'm aware.
Chances are mobile phones will use the same technology. The first step is wire-less charging. I think some phones use magnetic chargers. The idea is you have a plater that you put your devices on and they all charge, but the charging is wire-less. This is being done to remove the need for standardized cords and the fact that people generally have several devices that require charging.
