{"id":359338,"date":"2010-02-24T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5479473"},"modified":"2010-02-24T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T23:40:00","slug":"microsofts-newly-patented-upad-peripheral-one-side-charges-one-side-displays-peripherals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/359338","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft’s Newly Patented uPad Peripheral: One Side Charges, One Side Displays [Peripherals]"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Microsoft’s Beijing office filed a patent yesterday for an unusual little device with two distinct functions: one side is an inductive charging pad, for, say, a mouse. The other features a tiny built-in display for displaying headlines or sports scores.<\/p>\n

Sometimes mash-ups are just right<\/a><\/i>, creating something that’s greater than the sum of its parts. Sometimes, well, they just plain remain the sum of those parts. This mashed-up peripheral falls somewhere in between.<\/p>\n

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Though the tiny screen doesn’t look like it’ll be a great boon to your data intake, it should suffice for signaling new Tweets or scrolling the occasional news item. Also nifty is that the device doesn’t hog twice the power: a built-in accelerometer detects which side is in use and reduce the juice pumping to the opposite face.<\/p>\n