battery free gameboy

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https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/the-first-battery-free-game-boy-wants-to-power-a-gaming-revolution/

[desiv]

Saw that..

I like how they mention the lack of sound being the major issue, but also mention this:

Unlike batteries, which draw energy until they need to be replaced, intermittent-computing devices use novel energy-harvesting techniques that provide small amounts of power, resulting in devices that only remain ON for seconds, rather than hours. 

 

er.. on for seconds???

That might be a bigger issue for me than no sound...

 

Cool project tho..

[CatPix]

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Unlike batteries, which draw energy until they need to be replaced, intermittent-computing devices use novel energy-harvesting techniques that provide small amounts of power, resulting in devices that only remain ON for seconds.

It's a fully operational Game Boy and can play any of the console's titles, from Tetris to Super Mario Land. It harvests energy from five small rows of solar panels on its face

Hmmm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel#History

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In 1881, Charles Fritts created the first commercial solar panel, which was reported by Fritts as "continuous, constant and of considerable force not only by exposure to sunlight but also to dim, diffused daylight."^[7] However, these solar panels were very inefficient, especially compared to coal-fired power plants. In 1939, Russell Ohl created the solar cell design that is used in many modern solar panels. He patented his design in 1941.^[8] In 1954, this design was first used by Bell Labs to create the first commercially viable silicon solar cell.

"Novel ideas indeed".

Also, novel in video gaming :

And yes, those don't use the panels to charge a battery, they are entierely relying on the solar panels. And they work as long as they are exposed to the sunlight, or a reasonnably powerful home light source.

AND THEY HAVE SOUND!

 

I do'nt see what those guys are trying to prove.

Batteryless devices? They exist. Powering electronics on and off constantly wear out said electronics. Same for their "quick saving" : efficient flash is more fragile and costly to manufacture.

I mean it's certainly a neat project and a fun think to tinker with, but this isn't gonna go anywhere.

 

If you wanna play with your Game Boy without batteries, there is a solution :

 

 

[Torr]

34 minutes ago, CatPix said:

Hmmm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel#History

"Novel ideas indeed".

Also, novel in video gaming :

And yes, those don't use the panels to charge a battery, they are entierely relying on the solar panels. And they work as long as they are exposed to the sunlight, or a reasonnably powerful home light source.

AND THEY HAVE SOUND!

 

I do'nt see what those guys are trying to prove.

Batteryless devices? They exist. Powering electronics on and off constantly wear out said electronics. Same for their "quick saving" : efficient flash is more fragile and costly to manufacture.

I mean it's certainly a neat project and a fun think to tinker with, but this isn't gonna go anywhere.

 

If you wanna play with your Game Boy without batteries, there is a solution :

 

 

WOW

 

Way to stifle creative/forward thinking.

 

I guess you think that danged Atari is why kids are so fat and no one plays baseball anymore.... cause they can do it on their newfangled technology gadgets!!!!!!!

 

That's a sad response from an Avatar I recognize. 

[CatPix]

Did I wrote to those guys telling them my opinion? Did I said it was bad and should be stopped?

 

I don't see the relationship with that and "kids so fat and not playing baseball" since it's pretty much what I experimented myself (and I do see the shortcoming of that way of life, but it's not what I said, not even what I hinted at).

I just pointed out that what they did so far was NOT new, and that, IMO, it wasn't going anywhere.

I also said "it's certainly a neat project and a fun thing to tinker with".

 

I'm sure that those guys will go out and learn new things from tinkering with it, but that, by itself, this EnGage project as it's currently made won't go anywhere interesting outside of a limited circle (engineers, technicians, etc). Unless they improve it a bit and make it useable.

 

 

Edited September 3, 2020 by CatPix

[Torr]

6 minutes ago, CatPix said:

I'm sure that those guys will go out and learn new things from tinkering with it

 Exactly. Why shit on people who are trying to learn things that can better our future???

[Video]

Well, power transmission is a thing. Like those things that "wirelessly" charge your phone. Solar power would work too, I've done that one.

 

No reason you couldn't use a crank to make power too, though all these methods still use batteries, they just use indirect methods of getting power into it.

 

Eventually computer tech will get efficient enough, they could literally mooch ambient electricity from your body (we all generate 1.5-5 volts constantly, though only about .1-.5 actually bleeds through your skin, and it fluctuates wildly depending on where you draw power and how active you are)