SelfCharging

Last updated: January 18th, 2023 at 03:11 UTC+01:00 Samsung offers its premium TVs with remotes that can charge using solar energy and radio waves, eliminating the need to change batteries every now and then. It also reduces waste generated by discarded batteries. Well, upcoming TVs and streaming boxes based on Google TV could also get a remote with self-charging capability. TW Electronics, a brand that works with Google to design reference remotes for Android TV and Google TV devices, has showcased a new TV remote…

TW Electronics, the UK-based company behind the reference remote used on most Android TV and Google TV devices in recent years, has introduced a new design of the remote that includes a photovoltaic panel at the bottom that allows for self-charging of the battery."Excited to announce the launch of a self-charging, battery-free #remotecontrol powered by indoor light. Developed with #Exeger, the device is #GoogleTV ready and easily integrated into your existing system," TW Electronics tweeted.According to 9to5Google, the…

Sporting brand adidas has become the latest company to employ Powerfoyle solar-charging technology to keep the wireless music playing. The RPT-02 SOL wireless headphones have also been made using post-consumer recycled plastic.The release of the RPT-02 SOL headphones follows last week's launch of the Phoenix true wireless earphones from Urbanista, which rock the same Powerfoyle light cell technology from Exeger but on the charging case instead of the buds themselves. Both models have been developed and manufactured by…

The launch of the Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder is just around the corner, and the SUV has already created a lot of buzz for offering a segment-first self-charging full-hybrid powertrain option. While its distant cousin, the Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara also gets the same powertrain, it is the Urban Cruiser Hyryder which will arrive earlier. There’s a lot of curiousness around this full-hybrid technology, and Toyota has simplified the working of the system through a video. In a YouTube video uploaded by Toyota India, we…

Half of the solar energy that bathes the Earth in warmth goes into a single process, according to some researchers: evaporating the water that covers some 71 percent of our fragile blue marble. Australian company Strategic Elements wants that energy back, and it's working with the University of New South Wales and the CSIRO to develop a flexible, self-charging battery technology that harvests electrical energy from moisture in the air to directly power devices without ever needing to plug them in. The company's shares…

Japanese automaker Toyota has teased the launch of a new compact SUV that will be self-charging and is likely to compete with Hyundai Creta.Amid a growing inclination of automobile manufacturers towards electric vehicles to do away with fossil fuels, Toyota had recently launched the ‘Hum Hai Hybrid’ campaign. The campaign is aimed at promoting Toyota’s self-charging hybrid powertrain technology.As part of the campaign, Toyota shared a teaser on Twitter while hinting that the launch of the new self-charging SUV is just…