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  • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

    Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

    So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

    It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

    Neat!

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    #2

    @eniko @Njord oh, that *is* neat!

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    • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

      Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

      So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

      It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

      Neat!

      eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE This user is from outside of this forum
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      #3

      And yes @Njord immediately said "you should tell fedi I bet they'll like this"

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      • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

        Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

        So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

        It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

        Neat!

        sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.placeS This user is from outside of this forum
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        #4

        @eniko @Njord our front door bell is like that, it’s nice not having to wonder about missing a delivery because the battery died, it can’t now. Love tech that makes life simpler not more complicated

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        • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

          And yes @Njord immediately said "you should tell fedi I bet they'll like this"

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          #5

          @eniko @Njord ooooh that reminds me that one research project that used the glucose in blood probes to power the electronics measuring the blood. I think the design goal was to make a rugged medical device that could be used even far away from electric infrastructure

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          • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

            Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

            So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

            It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

            Neat!

            tournesol@peculiar.floristT This user is from outside of this forum
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            #6

            @eniko @Njord oh wow ! Thanks for the share !

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            • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

              Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

              So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

              It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

              Neat!

              michaelporter@ottawa.placeM This user is from outside of this forum
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              #7

              @eniko @Njord That is neat - reminds me of those old TV remotes that were basically ultrasonic xylophones* 😊
              Any downside? I discovered a little while ago that my barbecue lighter (standard thing with the piezoelectic crystal) knocked out my computer’s multiport hub if it was used too near.

              * https://www.reddit.com/r/Historycord/comments/1rv82y1/the_zenith_space_commander_1950s60s_one_of_the/

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              • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                Neat!

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                #8

                @eniko @Njord Let me introduce you to my doorbell (which may be upside down, who can tell with such a logo?). Does the same thing, and I can just pull the inside part from the wall socket if I don't feel like anyone ringing my doorbell.

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                • michaelporter@ottawa.placeM michaelporter@ottawa.place

                  @eniko @Njord That is neat - reminds me of those old TV remotes that were basically ultrasonic xylophones* 😊
                  Any downside? I discovered a little while ago that my barbecue lighter (standard thing with the piezoelectic crystal) knocked out my computer’s multiport hub if it was used too near.

                  * https://www.reddit.com/r/Historycord/comments/1rv82y1/the_zenith_space_commander_1950s60s_one_of_the/

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                  #9

                  @MichaelPorter @Njord haven't noticed anything no

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                  • michaelporter@ottawa.placeM michaelporter@ottawa.place

                    @eniko @Njord That is neat - reminds me of those old TV remotes that were basically ultrasonic xylophones* 😊
                    Any downside? I discovered a little while ago that my barbecue lighter (standard thing with the piezoelectic crystal) knocked out my computer’s multiport hub if it was used too near.

                    * https://www.reddit.com/r/Historycord/comments/1rv82y1/the_zenith_space_commander_1950s60s_one_of_the/

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                    #10

                    @MichaelPorter the igniter puts out a lot of RF noise, dunnit?

                    Back in the good old days you could blast out enough RF to basically picoweld iron filings at a distance, and nobody would stop you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherer

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                    • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                      Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                      So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                      It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                      Neat!

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                      #11

                      @eniko @Njord We've got a doorbell like that on our fence gate. Didn't have enough power to fire through the steel post its attached to, so I had to rig an external antenna to it. Now it works fine 🙂

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                      • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                        Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                        So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                        It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                        Neat!

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                        #12

                        @eniko @Njord The original Philips Hue Tap also worked like this. It's super neat!

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                        • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                          Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                          So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                          It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                          Neat!

                          dianea@lgbtqia.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
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                          #13

                          @eniko @Njord

                          I remember the old television remote controls had several ultrasonic whistles that pushing a button would be picked up in the television's vacuum tube amplifier and activate solenoids to mechanically change channels or rotate the volume knob...

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                          • rotopenguin@mastodon.socialR rotopenguin@mastodon.social

                            @MichaelPorter the igniter puts out a lot of RF noise, dunnit?

                            Back in the good old days you could blast out enough RF to basically picoweld iron filings at a distance, and nobody would stop you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherer

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                            #14

                            @rotopenguin I've *never* heard of these! Thanks 😊
                            Interesting to see the wide variety of coherers.

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                            • dianea@lgbtqia.spaceD dianea@lgbtqia.space

                              @eniko @Njord

                              I remember the old television remote controls had several ultrasonic whistles that pushing a button would be picked up in the television's vacuum tube amplifier and activate solenoids to mechanically change channels or rotate the volume knob...

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                              #15

                              @dianea @Njord neat!

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                                #16

                                @LunaDragofelis @eniko @Njord yes, but not the kind of power you need for prosthetics, more like picoampere. There's a lot of extremely fundamental research that would still be needed for the kind of application you're thinking of ^^'

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                                • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                  Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                                  So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                                  It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                                  Neat!

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                                  #17

                                  @eniko @Njord Early TV remote controls (1960s) were similar. Each button triggered a spring to hit an ultrasonic tuning fork which the TV could identify.

                                  My childhood experiments indicated a range of 10 - 20 feet (~ 3 - 6 meters).

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                                  • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                    Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                                    So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                                    It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                                    Neat!

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                                    #18

                                    @eniko @Njord I have a doorbell like that! The issue is that since it requires some effort in pushing, some people think it's just touch activated and don't really ring it 🙂

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                                    • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                      Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                                      So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                                      It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                                      Neat!

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                                      #19

                                      @eniko @Njord they should make those also for foot activation, would be more accessible too if used as a doorbell

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                                      • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                        Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                                        So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                                        It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                                        Neat!

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                                        #20

                                        @eniko @Njord ARM has ultra low-power CPUs that can run off energy harvesting, it’s honestly amazing how little power you need for modern devices and it kinda feels like magic…

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                                        • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                          Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

                                          So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

                                          It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

                                          Neat!

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                                          #21

                                          @eniko @Njord My previous workplace had a battery-free wireless doorbell - this must be how that worked too. Not as cool as a big friendly button, though!

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