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From: Don McKenzie on 2 Jul 2010 17:55 New Microsoft Tech Makes Battery Changes a Breeze http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365995,00.asp On Thursday, Microsoft announced a technology called InstaLoad, which will allow you to insert a battery into electronic devices any way you please. The InstaLoad technology will be licensed on a royalty-free basis, Microsoft said. Duracell was named as a partner for the technology, as well as several manaufacturers of electronic devices, including ClearSound's hearing aids, NovaTac's LED flashlights, and Black Diamond's headlamps for mountaineering. Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam These products will reduce in price by 5% every month: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
From: larwe on 2 Jul 2010 18:16 On Jul 2, 5:55 pm, Don McKenzie <5...(a)2.5A> wrote: > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365995,00.asp > > On Thursday, Microsoft announced a technology called InstaLoad, which > will allow you to insert a battery into electronic devices any way you > please. People where I work are kicking themselves that we did not think of this. It's such an obvious idea.
From: Don McKenzie on 2 Jul 2010 18:36 larwe wrote: > On Jul 2, 5:55 pm, Don McKenzie <5...(a)2.5A> wrote: > >> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365995,00.asp >> >> On Thursday, Microsoft announced a technology called InstaLoad, which >> will allow you to insert a battery into electronic devices any way you >> please. > > People where I work are kicking themselves that we did not think of > this. It's such an obvious idea. After sending this info onto to a few private associates, some didn't understand how it worked, I found this page to be a much better explanation: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/licensing/instaloadoverview.mspx this is brilliant, takes a bit of reading to understand how it works, but it allows batteries to be inserted into any gear either way around. all done in the connection contacts, no circuitry involved. Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam These products will reduce in price by 5% every month: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
From: larwe on 2 Jul 2010 18:48 On Jul 2, 6:36 pm, Don McKenzie <5...(a)2.5A> wrote: > >>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365995,00.asp > > > > People where I work are kicking themselves that we did not think of > > this. It's such an obvious idea. > > all done in the connection contacts, no circuitry involved. Exactly... we use the same general 3D shape to provide battery reverse polarity protection all the time, it's silly we never thought to do this. So obvious once you see it!
From: Tim Wescott on 2 Jul 2010 19:37
On 07/02/2010 02:55 PM, Don McKenzie wrote: > New Microsoft Tech Makes Battery Changes a Breeze > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365995,00.asp > > On Thursday, Microsoft announced a technology called InstaLoad, which > will allow you to insert a battery into electronic devices any way you > please. > > The InstaLoad technology will be licensed on a royalty-free basis, > Microsoft said. Duracell was named as a partner for the technology, as > well as several manaufacturers of electronic devices, including > ClearSound's hearing aids, NovaTac's LED flashlights, and Black > Diamond's headlamps for mountaineering. It doesn't quite meet the "not obvious" criteria -- it makes you wonder why Microsoft is even bothering with a patent. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Do you need to implement control loops in software? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" was written for you. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html |