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<H1>Battery Bunglers</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Just how hard can it be to load batteries into devices and
get the polarity correct? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Well, apparently this very simple task is just beyond some
people, who we will describe as being Polarity-Agnostic, or call a spade a
spade, they're battery bunglers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>So prevalent is this lack of skill that Microsoft and
Duracell have identified it as an untapped market, and created batteries that
have both positive, you know that's the one with the plus sign, and negative or
hyphen, at both ends.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>This bipolar set-up of terminals is subject to a patent
entitled 'Eliminating Incorrect Battery Placement'.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The <STRONG>InstaLoad technology is a brilliant, basic
mechanical solution without electronic components or circuitry</STRONG>.
<BR><BR>Already it has found application in hearing aids, torches and soon to
follow will be a host of gadgets presumably the Duracell Energiser
Bunny.</FONT></P>
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<P><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma>Jim Linton
VK3PC</FONT></STRONG></EM><BR><BR></P></BODY></HTML>