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USB Batteries

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the novelty-items dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Tired of paying for new batteries all the time? Tired of searching for the charger for your rechargeable batteries? Worry not, because these new AA batteries will recharge direct from your USB port! This is such a cool idea, that I cant believe that no one has done it before." At $24 each I would hate to lose or break them on a regular basis.

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  1. More like $22 each by hudsonhawk · · Score: 4, Funny

    The little "L" like symbol means pounds not dollars.

    It's what those crazy Brits use as money.

    1. Re:More like $22 each by gutnor · · Score: 5, Funny

      Micro£oft

      that pretty much summarise my renting experience in London.

  2. Re:Not so fast... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well sure, for AA it's pointless. But what if you could charge a laptop battery with it? With two of them you could charge the main battery and the spare and never run dry!

    "In this house we obey the laws of Thermodynamics!"

  3. Re: CmdrTaco by dch24 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No wireless. Less space than a Nomad.

    Lame.

  4. Re:Not so fast... by Pharmboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Until somebody comes out with a standard DC power connector, the answer to your question is "yes".

    Ha! I can show you two dozen different standard DC power connectors here in my desk drawer...

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    Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
  5. USB-powered cities by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    At the rate things are going, cities will be powered not with nuclear power stations, but by a gigantic laptop, with the grid plugged into the USB port. Better watch out the battery doesn't explode, though.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.