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Re:Batteriser: a gadget that extends alkaline battery life by wodenokoto on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @09:46AM (#9645764)
That's easy. You license the batteriser technology to the gadget creators, they build it into their gadget and set the limit!
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Re:Batteriser: a gadget that extends alkaline battery life by granos on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @10:52AM (#9646213)
But they don't control the IP for the actual boost circuitry. Thats trivially easy to do. And from the comments in this thread it seems like lots of electronics already do it.
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