Did you ever wonder why no one invented wireless keyboards and mice which can generate their own power?

Post by **froggyboy604** » Sat May 30, 2009 5:17 am

I think it will be a neat idea if the moce and keyboard have a built in solar panel and power generator to generate power from people clicking on the keyboard and scrolling with the scroll wheel to charge the battery as the user uses it.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:59 am

this be a good idea, but I don't think a person could generate enough power to keep them going.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Sun May 31, 2009 1:02 am

True, but I think if you charge the battery, first, and additional little charges from the movement of the keys and scroll wheels might be able to keep the battery charge for longer periods of time.

It also might be a good idea to make an accessory for the wiimote to keep it charge while swinging the wiimote.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:27 am

froggyboy604 wrote:True, but I think if you charge the battery, first, and additional little charges from the movement of the keys and scroll wheels might be able to keep the battery charge for longer periods of time.

It also might be a good idea to make an accessory for the wiimote to keep it charge while swinging the wiimote.

I feel the only way that work, if is the person types a lot or clicks a lot. as for the Wii remote that be a epic win.

Post by **SetoTK** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:52 pm

Mouse would be easy, all it needs is a mini generator and a trackback ball to turn the generator, since even a few hours of web browsing can generally be enough to generate quite a bit of energy.

Keyboard wise it's just simply inefficient there is no way that enough energy could be generated in order to keep the keyboard powered properly,

Solar panels are only effective when theres large quantities of light, and does not work at night or in the dark very well.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:12 am

SetoTK wrote:Mouse would be easy, all it needs is a mini generator and a trackback ball to turn the generator, since even a few hours of web browsing can generally be enough to generate quite a bit of energy.

Keyboard wise it's just simply inefficient there is no way that enough energy could be generated in order to keep the keyboard powered properly,

Solar panels are only effective when theres large quantities of light, and does not work at night or in the dark very well.

or if you got your computer in a windowless room.