Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 has already seen a number of product launches and progressive idea units. Lenovo, too, has showcased a lineup of latest ThinkBook laptops, ThinkCentre neo desktops, and different merchandise at the occasion. The producer’s CES slate additionally features a proof-of-concept mechanical vitality harvesting keyboard and mouse combo. Lenovo’s new keyboard and mouse idea don’t require conventional exterior charging to work and as a substitute depend on mechanical motion to generate energy.
The Mechanical Energy Harvesting Combo, showcased at CES, is ergonomically designed keyboard and mouse mixture that runs on manually generated mechanical vitality. The proof-of-concept units also can utilise photo voltaic irradiation to operate, thus eliminating the want for an exterior charger, Lenovo claims.
Lenovo’s idea keyboard has 68-keys, is wi-fi, helps RGB lighting, and may be seen in a metallic gray colourway. They keyboard comes with a horizontal strip of photo voltaic panel on its topside, which may cost the keyboard beneath brilliant lighting situations. Additionally, the keyboard consists of a big round dial on the high left, which reportedly is utilised to rework kinetic vitality into battery cost for the system. According to a PC Mag report, the dial may be spun to generate energy for the keyboard. Lenovo claims that about 5 minutes of spinning the dial can ought to get customers about half-hour battery utilization for the keyboard. The idea keyboard additionally comes with a USB Type-C port for wired connection.
The mouse, on the different hand, reportedly comes with a ring-shaped crank at the backside that may be pulled up and wound to present cost to the system’s battery. One minute of winding ought to get customers about half-hour of cost, Lenovo claims.
The mechanical vitality keyboard and mouse combo additionally assist each Bluetooth and a couple of.4G wi-fi connection. Lenovo has not offered any further specs for the units. As each the keyboard and mouse are proof-of-concept units, we would not see them hit the market.
In addition to the idea keyboard and mouse, Lenovo introduced its new lineup of ThinkBook laptops, ThinkCentre desktops, equipment, and AI PC enhancements at CES this week. The firm unveiled its ThinkBook 13x Gen 4 laptop computer, which comes with a devoted Microsoft Copilot key. Additionally, the firm additionally introduced the Lenovo Tab M11 at the ongoing tech showcase occasion. Shipping with Android 13 onboard, the Tab M11 is powered by a MediaTek Helio G88 chipset and packs a 7,040mAh battery. The pill might be out there for buy initially in the US, beginning April.
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