Battery less TV remote control from NEC and Soundpower

NEC Electronics and Soundpower jointly announced the development of their prototype of a remote control that operates without batteries targeting home electric appliances such as television and home audio.

The newly developed remote control is based on Soundpower's power generation technology that utilize the energy produced from vibration, combined with NEC Electronics' microcontroller (MCU) with embedded radio frequency (RF) transceiver and power supply control technology that drives electronic circuits with a small amount of electricity.

The new remote control generates electricity by utilizing the weak vibration caused by pressing a button on the remote control. The electronics circuits of the remote control are driven by the electricity to turn on and off a TV set, adjust the sound volume, switch channels and switch between television and video input.

Availability: By 2011

For more details visit www.necel.com