Button Batteries Archive

  • Panasonic’s portable neck and leg massagers

    Panasonic’s portable neck and leg massagers

    Panasonic Japan has announced [JP] two devices of a very different kind today: A massage device for your neck and one for your legs. Both massagers are primarily targeted at women and marketed by Panasonic as "compact and portable".

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  • Are you a geek suffering from dry eyes? Try these Wink Glasses from Japan

    Are you a geek suffering from dry eyes? Try these Wink Glasses from Japan

    A lot of us geeks have one problem: Playing video games, programming or surfing the web usually means staring at computer screens or TVs over a long period of time. And some of us eventually pay a price in the form of dry eyes, which can be very annoying. But now Japan based Masunaga Optical Manufacturing comes to the rescue. The company that enjoyed some international attention for designing former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin's glasses, has developed the so-called Wink Glasses [JP]. The glasses feature a built-in sensor, which analyzes the user's eyelid movements.

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  • Sony takes the mercury out of alkaline batteries

    Sony takes the mercury out of alkaline batteries

    Sony, so far not known to be a particularly "green" tech company, has announced plans [JP] to commercialize a total of six different models of batteries that contain no mercury. The company said it's the first that has found a way to mix absorbent raw material into the cathode, eliminating the need to use mercury in the button batteries.

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