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Nov 25, 2010

Self-Charging Batteries Powered by Vibration

Brother Industries has developed an AA battery sized generator powered by vibration, which can be used to charge another AA battery. Shaking your remote every once in a while could soon be all that's needed to keep it alive.

Inside the generator battery sits an "electromagnetic induction generator and an electric double layer capacitor" and although you'd have to do an impossibly vigorous amount of shaking to power a DSLR, for low-drain gadgets like remotes and LED torches a quick shuffle should dribble out enough energy for a brief spell of use. 

36 comments:

  1. ShimizuNovember 25, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    some of those might be usefull on those slow wireless mouses

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  2. EvanNovember 25, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    Made me think of the shake-weight. cool idea though

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  3. AnonymousNovember 25, 2010 at 6:16 PM

    Really cool idea. I agree Shimizu, I'd love to see this in wireless mouses.

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  4. psychofishNovember 25, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    That is so cool, the stuff they're coming up with these days.

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  5. IQuotesNovember 25, 2010 at 6:51 PM

    sweet and useful. I hope they'll be able to hold a charge

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  6. killerkunNovember 25, 2010 at 7:18 PM

    I've been waiting for something like this for all my life @__@

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  7. CopyboyNovember 25, 2010 at 7:34 PM

    also a great way to tone muscles. The batter shaker-a-nator. happy turkey day to you.

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  8. BrutNovember 25, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    Wow, that looks pretty cool. I can't tell you how much I hate dead batteries

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  9. BrutNovember 25, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    Wow, that looks pretty cool. I can't tell you how much I hate dead batteries

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  10. AnonymousNovember 25, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    Now we don't even have to get out of the couch to get new batteries.
    We'll all be fat and die.

    But it's such a cool invention, so who cares!

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  11. rigor tortoiseNovember 25, 2010 at 9:31 PM

    That would be badass

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  12. Das Auto!November 25, 2010 at 9:35 PM

    hmmm, i wonder what would happen if a woman put these in her vibrator.....................lol

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  13. JacetaNovember 25, 2010 at 9:57 PM

    I like the idea overall. Although I can't see them being used in devices like phones that can consume massive amounts of energy for its battery, I can see that it could be useful for that one last TV show before you go and buy a pack of batteries.

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  14. budh.aaahNovember 25, 2010 at 10:35 PM

    Very intereting info indeed

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  15. cooperlifeNovember 25, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    that wil never catch on. Remember the shake-rechargeable flash lights? Yeah, me neither, people got sick and tired of all the work involved.

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  16. 123November 25, 2010 at 10:42 PM

    I'd like one of these in my tv remote >.<

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  17. Craig PhillipsNovember 25, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    I really do enjoy this technology - nothing like an emergency flashlight that you never have to worry about finding with dead batteries.

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  18. 000November 25, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    science is awesome

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  19. MellisaNovember 25, 2010 at 11:45 PM

    that would save so much money

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  20. anon408November 26, 2010 at 12:39 AM

    That's really cool. Great post!

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  21. SoreLosersGamingNovember 26, 2010 at 12:51 AM

    I thought shaking and hitting the remote already made it work longer xD

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  22. SinisaNovember 26, 2010 at 1:26 AM

    nice...

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  23. befashionistic.blogspot.com/November 26, 2010 at 1:47 AM

    lol pertetuum mobile

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  24. AnonymousNovember 26, 2010 at 4:38 AM

    I reely like your post!
    I follow you dayle!nice work Bro!

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  25. vogelhutNovember 26, 2010 at 4:47 AM

    Now these are cool. And useful.

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  26. ChristianNovember 26, 2010 at 4:52 AM

    Doesn't seem very practical.

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  27. caretakerNovember 26, 2010 at 5:29 AM

    Great post...

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  28. AmbercladNovember 26, 2010 at 5:51 AM

    it's like a shake weight ( shakeweight.com ) they should combine that!
    women making electricity while training :D

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  29. MikeyBNovember 26, 2010 at 6:26 AM

    Almost seems like an obvious concept...wonder how it took so long to think of it

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  30. SugarNovember 26, 2010 at 6:33 AM

    i havent been so much online lately,,but now I will visit you every day..:)

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  31. SnarfNovember 26, 2010 at 6:45 AM

    Thats awesome

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  32. shahidjNovember 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM

    lol sweet, i want one

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  33. Suciô SanchezNovember 26, 2010 at 8:47 AM

    Troll physics: put one in a "personal massage device" and it would run forever.

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  34. ThatGuyNovember 26, 2010 at 8:58 AM

    That is great idea. It amazes me the things they come up with now.

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  35. David DavidsonNovember 26, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    epic, just epic

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  36. xtw409November 26, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    The only real question I have is this: why haven't they figured this out sooner?

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