Whether you use a few tv remotes or one of those do everything ones, we all live in constant fear of the batteries running out.All that energy wasted walking to the tv to change channels is chillingly close to reality with every button push.

Those fears may soon be in the past, NEC Electronics and Japanese company Soundpower have created Nirvana for TV users. A remote control that requires no batteries.

This ingenious beast creates its own power whenever a viewer presses a button. Every time you hop channels or change the volume. electricity is created through the power of vibration, the energy is then used to power the remote and get away from those annoying ad breaks.

NEC say that the electricity that is generated by the vibrations is enough to turn the TV on and off, as well as change the channel of increase or decrease the volume.

The Battery Free TV Remote Control is just in the early prototype stages at the moment, but both companies intend to start marketing the technology to TV makers next year, so who knows we could see our new TVs in the next few years arriving with battery free remote controls.

Looking at the prototype, lets just hope they can employ a designer, the existing one looks like he was around in the 60’s

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