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the same technology used for harvesting power from floor mats?

this seems quite useful!]]>Nov 18th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/
But then again... it is just a prototype.]]>Nov 18th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 19th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/
Reminds me very much of the worlds first remote control for a TV: The Zenith Space Command, and it did not require batteries.
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Perfect grammar by the write w00t!]]>Nov 18th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/
laern 2 spelt idoit]]>Nov 18th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Dec 20th 2009 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/]]>Nov 18th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 20th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/If there isnt enough power to turn on the device you have to jam the buttons a bunch of times. They should have a do nothing button to get some power into the the remote with out potential annoyance! ]]>Nov 18th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/
...of course my current remote has had the same batteries for 5 years. It's not like this is a HUGE problem.]]>Nov 18th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/]]>Nov 18th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 19th 2009 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/
The Zenith Space Command was a battery-less and wireless remote control, released in 1956. The mechanical buttons struck a short bar of metal, producing ultrasound on a frequency the TV recognized as "channel up" or "mute".

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The more things change... ]]>Nov 18th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 19th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 18th 2009 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 19th 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/battery-less-remote-gets-power-from-button-presses-aims-for-pro/Nov 19th 2009 12:17PM