Vibration-Powered AA Battery Charges Up When You Shake It

So.... will an adult novelty toy be self sustaining? lol

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or you can visit almost any website with the word adult in it.

I can see the commercials now...
"Do you love the shake-weight? Well then this product is for you!"
But yeah, cool... I wonder how effective it is, or will people be standing there shaking their batteries for five minutes in order to get 1 extra minute of use.

Or just let it rest on the clothes dryer.

Well it looks to me in the picture that one side has a plunger on the button so if you shake it along the central axis of the "battery" it will push in and generate a small amount of power. About enough power to light up a visible or infrared LED like the article stated. Good for low power devices or perhaps camping/military outpost when you have no source of power aside from yourself and the sun.

Not even an @me lol, come on guys that was funny... =(

@friedguy ... that was funny. Props, dude ... props.

in this case, the wii remotes will be the only self sustaining unit.

and by the way, article says it will fit in any remote, flashlight, whatever, but what about items that have 3 slots for batteries? ... nvm, just pop in a regular alkaline battery to make up for the loss.

@Friedguy, you got a chuckle out of me.
I have a flash light at home that does the same thing, you shake, it charges a capacitor, the light works...just not very well or for very long.

wow, now I don't have to carry spare batteries for my EOTECH sight.

idk if i would rather have a cellphone i could shake when it's dying or one with a dynamo.. pretty sure i'd prefer the dynamo but why not have both?
speaking of cell phones.. if i designed a cell phone, the camera would go in the front, and the entire back would be used for battery. that way, people who say phones are too thin nowadays, or are dissatisfied with their battery life, can get a thicker battery pack. also, you could buy special battery packs/backs, such as: the survivor kit: battery pack with dynamo built in so you can charge it in the middle of nowhere. then you can check your gps coordinates and call for a helicopter or something, tell them right where to find you.
Patent Pending..

@friedguy -

They'll have to put warnings on these things that say "Caution, not for use in adult toys - endless power supply may result in overstimulation and heart attack." ;-)

Sorry it took me so long to make a comment. I just now read the article.

As has been alluded to, I wonder if these things are efficient enough to be perpetual motion machines. I wouldn't mind one in my wireless mouse. I'm always shaking the thing side-to-side across the mousepad anyway.