The folks at NEC Electronics (NECEL), a subsidiary of NEC, are working on something interesting; a remote control that powers itself and doesn’t need batteries.

How does it work? There are no magical manipulations here, just pure science, of the sort that has been powering upmarket watches for years. The power for the remote comes from electricity that is generated by vibrations from the wielder’s movements when he/she picks it up and presses buttons.

Folks in the future will probably laugh at how quaint the good ol’ days were when I tell them that, “when I was a boy, remote controls had batteries”.

The first consumer models should be out some time in the next couple of years. [NECEL via OhGizmo]

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