Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the now-thats-just-crazy dept.
Flibble writes "The BBC has a story about a uk startup offering a mat for charging all your portable devices via magnetic inductive power transfer. Is this the answer to cutting the mountain of chargers I have to carry all the time?" God wouldn't that be a dream come true?
The article actually addresses this very issue. Using actual words. They were in English too, amazingly, so that anyone who read the/. article could also read those informative little squiggles.
Just put your Palm Pilot in the microwave for 30 seconds. Works for me.
Oh wait - I didn't say turn it on!
Re:Works for my toothbrush, why not?
by
cswiii
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· Score: 4, Funny
Oh, we all know that/.'ers never leave the computer anyway... so why not just use a USB toothbrush instead?
Integrate this with seat warmers
by
FuzzyDaddy
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Volvo's come with seat warmers. Add one of these, and charge your cell phone as you drive!
Of course, as long as you don't mind putting your future progeny's genetic material on and induction coil...
Hmm. Nevermind.
-- It's not wasting time, I'm educating myself.
Re:Dumb Question
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Glen+Ponda
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· Score: 4, Funny
OK, Dumb Question: Why doesn't it short out easily?
Uh, it like, uses technology, or something.
Why not just build this into the carpeting?
by
BreadMan
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· Score: 3, Funny
Then you could get conductive shoes, socks, pants and just charge the devices as you carry them around! You'd be sterile, but that's a _small_ price to pay for not having to cradle your phone.
Re:Why not just build this into the carpeting?
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Quill_28
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· Score: 4, Funny
> You'd be sterile
And that would matter around here why?
Just a joke. Move along.
Six months in the future.....
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hplasm
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· Score: 4, Funny
"Aargh! My charging mat has attracted the steel plate in my skull! Someone get this thing off of me!!!"
-- ...and he grinned, like a fox eating shit out of a wire brush.
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This is definitly better then their first idea, which of course was the 'Jump-to-Conclusions' mat.
"I only speak the truth"
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... until everyone's head explodes from all the radiation. ;)
"Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised."
-Marilyn Manson
The article actually addresses this very issue. /. article
Using actual words. They were in English too,
amazingly, so that anyone who read the
could also read those informative little squiggles.
-I like my women like I like my tea: green-
If it is strong enough to charge power sources through the case, wouldn't the plate in my head cause me to be stuck to the thing?
"I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
Just put your Palm Pilot in the microwave for 30 seconds. Works for me.
Oh wait - I didn't say turn it on!
Oh, we all know that /.'ers never leave the computer anyway... so why not just use a USB toothbrush instead?
Of course, as long as you don't mind putting your future progeny's genetic material on and induction coil...
Hmm. Nevermind.
It's not wasting time, I'm educating myself.
OK, Dumb Question: Why doesn't it short out easily?
Uh, it like, uses technology, or something.
Then you could get conductive shoes, socks, pants and just charge the devices as you carry them around! You'd be sterile, but that's a _small_ price to pay for not having to cradle your phone.
"Aargh! My charging mat has attracted the steel plate in my skull! Someone get this thing off of me!!!"
...and he grinned, like a fox eating shit out of a wire brush.
You can also use it as a kind of "holistic mousepad". Improves tracking and cures wrist pain at the same time.
--- What?