https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/db15cd89-1d14-427f-8eb8-7a245f64e8f5 Microsoft's new Instaload battery technology allows batteries to be inserted into a product either way around. Is it one of those brilliant "why didn't anyone think of that before" moments, or just another patent on a really obvious idea? Is it workable in practice? Can YOU bust the patent by finding prior art before 2006? DOWNLOAD the full InstaLoad Patent HERE http://www.eevblog.com/files/Microsoft%20Instaload%20Patent%20US7527893.pdf You can get Dave's T-Shirt here: http://www.eevblog.com/store/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:56:31 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/db15cd89-1d14-427f-8eb8-7a245f64e8f5 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.