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Mouse Recharges Laptops

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hardware-I-wish-I-owned dept.

shogun writes "Compaq Australia has come up with a new mouse that integrates a miniature dynamo to recharge your laptops batterys from the movement of the mouse. You can find more information here. "

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  1. Ignore this Post by CmdrTaco · · Score: 2

    Just Testing some Stuff
    Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda
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  2. Wow, what a great idea by drsoran · · Score: 2

    I didn't know a mere 45 seconds of mouse movement could give a battery 5 minutes worth of charge. This new technology means that we could play Quake for unlimited amounts of time!

  3. I've always thought about this.. by doomy · · Score: 2

    (prior art in my brain?)

    Would this be used on desktops? Do we have to stop every once in a while, pick up the mouse and give it a good shake? (I dont use the mouse, execpt for playing quake).

    Imagine is this built into your keyboard, now that would be something, evertime you type, something gets wound up inside your puter. Or you could always take the light emitting out of your monitor and convert it into engergy which could be reused by the computer.

    Hrm.
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