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Tiny ARM-Based Sensor System Makes Battery Replacement Obsolete
An anonymous reader writes "University of Michigan researchers have crammed an ARM Cortex microcontroller, a thin-film battery, and a solar cell into a package that is only 9 cubic millimeters in volume. The system is able to run perpetually by periodically recharging the on-board battery with a solar cell (neglecting physical wear-out of the system)."
Dude, time to step out of Mom's basement!
The Day Star burns us, we dont care that it can recharge our toys. We're still not going outside.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
> It's not really that slow, either. The claim that the batteries will run perpetually is RIDICULOUS. Slashdot occasionally makes me feel ill.
Occasionally? You have a stronger stomach than I, it makes me want to vomit most of the time.
Vomit? It makes me want to cut out my spleen with a dinner fork and stomp on it with high heels!
By the way -- did you know that people who use lots of hyperbole are worse than Hitler?
Kneel Before Christ!
then you toss away the tiny thing
Right. So it goes from some interior space where light is good, but not daylight, to some landfill where it is exposed to the Sun. What was 'worn out' now has an abundance of photons and reactivates. It's not happy about ending up in Fresh Kills with the other 500,000 discarded and reanimated sensors. Eventually they unify into a vast, angry landfill monster and wade across the water to crush New York.
Please do not contribute to garbage self-awareness.
Lurking at the bottom of the gravity well, getting old
It probably just sits there and senses how much juice is left in the battery, and then lets the solar cell charge it.
Karnal
STOP in the name of Godwin's Law!
Before you reich my heart?
Karma: Excellent Birds (mostly as a result of listening to Laurie Anderson)