Brother Industries has recently displayed an alternative to standard batteries; a vibration harvesting generator. The company who are generally better known for it’s line of printers, scanners and fax machines are hoping this technology will replace toxic rechargeable batteries and disposable alkaline and lithium batteries.
The Vibration Energy Cell batteries can deliver power to low power [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Brother Aims to Replace Batteries With Vibration Power
The Times Gadget Clinic – 18th June 2010
To see last weeks Times and Gadget Helpline online live Gadget Clinic, click the box below:
The Times and Gadget Helpline team up for free Gadget Clinic
The Gadget Helpline are proud to announce that they are working in partnership with the newly unveiled Times Online website to offer its readers free help and advice live from Gadget Helpline’s team of experts on Friday afternoons at 4pm.
Customers can log on and sign up to take part in the Live chat with the [...]
The Gadget Help and Advice live from the Times online
The Gadget Helpline are proud to announce that they are working in partnership with the newly unveiled Times Online website to offer its readers free help and advice live from Gadget Helpline’s team of experts on Friday afternoons at 4pm.
Customers can log on and sign up to take part in the Live chat with the [...]
The GadgetHelpline on the BBC Technology website
The GadgetHelpline’s recent survey results on the difference in the technical support for Men and Women is now being featured on the BBC News Technology website.
As the GadgetHelpline is gearing up for a busy Christmas, these interesting stats highlight the difference in support between the sexes and means we can offer any support unbiased of [...]
SanDisk Launch SanDisk Sansa Clip+ MP3 Player in the UK
If you go to the shop to buy an MP3 player (and you aren’t buying an iPod) then there are lots of players to chose from including models from Sony, Philips and Samsung. Now SanDisk (more famous for their flash memory card products) is launching their SanDisk Sansa Clip+ in the UK.
Kindle eBook Reader To Start Shipping To The UK October 19th; Comes with FREE 3G Wireless
Tired of flipping the pages of the latest book you are reading? Would you rather read it on a light, friendly electronic device which can store hundreds of books? Up until now the Amazon Kindle eBook reader has only been available in the USA, but now Amazon have announced that it will be available in over 100 countries worldwide and will include free 3G connectivity so you can download books from the Amazon Kindle Store on the go.
Freecom Announce World’s First USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
You are probably familiar with the idea of a USB external hard drive and you probably know that there are two main standards for USB, USB 1.1 and USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is the fast one and USB 1.1 is the slow one. Earlier this year a new USB standard was announced, USB 3.0, which is 10 times faster than USB 2.0. Now Freecom, the external hard drive specialists, have announced the worlds first USB 3.0 external hard drive.
O2 to Launch Palm Pre In The UK on October 16th; Tariffs Same as iPhone
It has been a long time coming but finally the Palm Pre is coming to the UK. We reported back in July that the Palm Pre will be available exclusively on O2 in the UK. At the time of the announcement O2 said that the phone would be available in the UK “in time for the winter holidays.” Now O2 have decided on the launch date, October 16th.
