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February 22nd, 2010, 11:40
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It's no Courier (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/microsofts-courier-booklet-emerges-said-to-be-in-late-prototy/), but for a charging pad, this is a pretty interesting concept. According to a patent filed by Microsoft's Beijing office, the idea for such a pad is that it can have one side dedicated to inductive charging (http://www.engadget.com/tag/inductive+charging) (maybe for a future Zune (http://www.engadget.comn/tag/Zune) or even Microsoft's own phones (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/)), while the other side can be used for displaying useful information "such as weather conditions, sports scores, news headlines." It may not sound very practical at first blush, but have a listen at this -- the built-in accelerometer and the charging surface's load detector help determine which side isn't in use, thus switching that side off to reduce power consumption. Voilà! As for why the eggheads suggested adding a light panel for glowing up a glass prism -- it's the new crystal ball (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/darpa-plans-crystal-ball-to-predict-the-future/).Microsoft dreams of smart charging pad with information display (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/microsoft-granted-patent-for-smart-charging-pad-with-information/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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It's no Courier (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/microsofts-courier-booklet-emerges-said-to-be-in-late-prototy/), but for a charging pad, this is a pretty interesting concept. According to a patent filed by Microsoft's Beijing office, the idea for such a pad is that it can have one side dedicated to inductive charging (http://www.engadget.com/tag/inductive+charging) (maybe for a future Zune (http://www.engadget.comn/tag/Zune) or even Microsoft's own phones (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/)), while the other side can be used for displaying useful information "such as weather conditions, sports scores, news headlines." It may not sound very practical at first blush, but have a listen at this -- the built-in accelerometer and the charging surface's load detector help determine which side isn't in use, thus switching that side off to reduce power consumption. Voilà! As for why the eggheads suggested adding a light panel for glowing up a glass prism -- it's the new crystal ball (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/darpa-plans-crystal-ball-to-predict-the-future/).Microsoft dreams of smart charging pad with information display (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/microsoft-granted-patent-for-smart-charging-pad-with-information/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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