Microsoft goes AC/DC with Instaload battery tech
Bunny botherers take it from both ends
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Microsoft bigged up a technology yesterday that simplifies the battery installation process by forgoing the need to lopsidedly peer at the plus and negative signs on the energy gizmo.
InstaLoad is a patented battery contact design that Microsoft has made available for licence by third party device suppliers.
Redmond said that bunny-botherers Duracell had already signed up to endorse the technology.
The software giant didn't disclose how much individual licences would cost, however.
"Never again will people have to squint to see battery installation diagrams - the device simply works regardless if the battery is installed positive-side-up or positive-side-down," said MS.
The technology is compatible with CR123, AA, AAA, C and D batteries.
InstaLoad works by using battery contacts designed to operate from both ends - thereby dismissing the need to worry about the plus and negative polarity on the power cell. Microsoft said the tech could be particularly useful for someone installing a battery into a device in a dimly lit room, say.
It's not altogether unusual to see Microsoft develop hardware tech. It runs its own hardware intellectual property licensing house that counts mouse, keyboard and webcam technologies under its roster. ®
COMMENTS
Diode drop
== energy wastage. Especially in one-cell and two-cell designs.
As a typical low-Vf diode drops 0.2V, the wastage for a 2-cell device is 14%.
The Nipple technique
When I insert batteries in a dimly lit place I use the nipple technique - simply feel which end has the nipply thingy on it and then in the battery receptacle, feel which end has the springy thingy. No need for some crap Microsoft invention here, not with the nipple technique!
silly man...
.... you're confusing it with a battery for an iPhone
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