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Submission + - Making battery replacement a thing of the past (umich.edu)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 12, 2010 @05:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: University of Michigan researchers have crammed an ARM Cortex microcontroller, a thin-film battery, and a solar cell into a package that is only 9 cubic millimeters in volume. The system is able to run perpetually by periodically recharging the on-board battery with a solar cell (neglecting physical wear-out of the system).

Submission + - Operate your iPhone with Frozen Hot Dogs !?! (ddgameworld.com)

Submitted by Weemz on Friday February 12, 2010 @05:03PM

Weemz writes: This is definitely the oddest thing I have read all day."

"Too cold to take your gloves off? No problem, try a frozen, individually wrapped Hot Dog.

Seoul, Korea; CJ Corporation's "Max Rod" sales are soaring as Koreans have discovered that they are quite effective for operating iPhones in cold weather. Max Rods are individually wrapped, frozen sausages that have replaced the need for an iPhone stylus or iPhone gloves. Once back indoors, this handy stylus becomes a not so light snack!
Funnier than watching a subway car of people tapping their iPhones with frozen meat-sticks is reading the Google Translation of the original news article here.

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