DAT-heads Digest #327, Volume #7 Sun, 12 Dec 04 21:50:01 EST Contents: RE: Re: beating metal detectors..... ("fluffhead") Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. (Eliot Byron) Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. (Eliot Byron) Re: Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. (Seth Breidbart) Taping at 4th & B in San Diego? ("BMR") ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "fluffhead" Subject: RE: Re: beating metal detectors..... Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:46:34 -0700 Never used a D8 so don't know what batteries it uses... But a strategy that has got me a few shows where my JB3 would have been taken away is to give an extra set of batteries to a friend. Then if stopped by security ask if you can just give them the batteries and pick them up on the way out. It has worked for me a few times at smaller venues. I'd be a little worried about getting the batteries back at larger ones. Good luck, Dana > > does a D8 go off in a metal detecor or wand? > xx > ------------------------------ From: Eliot Byron Subject: Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:06:16 -0500 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=3&u=/ap/ 20041211/ap_on_hi_te/japan_battery or http://tinyurl.com/62c28 Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. Fri Dec 10, 9:15 PM ET By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer TOKYO - A battery developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial that delivers 1.5 times the power of a regular alkaline battery is going on sale in the United States and Europe in April 2005. The Oxyride battery, which went on sale in Japan in April, also lasts longer than regular batteries, allowing users to take about twice as many pictures on a digital camera, according to the Japanese manufacturer of the Panasonic brand. Tadaharu Taguchi, a Matsushita director, said the battery marks "a major milestone in the battery industry." Oxyride batteries maintain higher voltage and output longer because the material inside that produces electricity is more concentrated. Oxyride uses oxy nickel hydroxide, an advanced battery substance, and finer grain graphite and manganese dioxide, allowing them to be packed more closely inside the cell. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. also developed a way of blending the powder to stuff more into the battery. A production innovation also pours more electrolyte, a key ingredient that leads to longer battery life, into the cell, Matsushita said. In a recent demonstration of the battery's power, Matsushita showed a Oxyride-powered coffin-like electric car that crawled along the ground for several feet with a woman aboard lying flat on her back. Reporters were also shown audio players powered by a regular battery vs. Oxyride. The one with Oxyride delivered a stronger, deeper bass, and Matsushita officials said some music experts express a preference for Oxyride. The growing popularity of digital cameras, portable music players, handheld video game machines and other gadgets, is boosting demand for powerful batteries, Taguchi told reporters at a Tokyo Panasonic showroom. AA and AAA Oxyride batteries cost about 10 percent more than regular batteries. In the United States, they will sell for about $3.99 for a pack of four, although prices will vary, Matsushita officials said. Matsushita, based in Osaka, central Japan, is hoping to sell 100 million Oxyride batteries in the year through March 2005. Oxyride batteries already comprise about a third of Panasonic AA battery sales, or 7 percent of the overall AA battery market in Japan. Even achieving 1 percent market share is considered significant for products like batteries. ------------------------------ From: Eliot Byron Subject: Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:28:37 -0500 sorry might have screwed up the link the first time http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=3&u=/ap/ 20041211/ap_on_hi_te/japan_battery or http://tinyurl.com/62c28 Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. Fri Dec 10, 9:15 PM ET By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer TOKYO - A battery developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial that delivers 1.5 times the power of a regular alkaline battery is going on sale in the United States and Europe in April 2005. The Oxyride battery, which went on sale in Japan in April, also lasts longer than regular batteries, allowing users to take about twice as many pictures on a digital camera, according to the Japanese manufacturer of the Panasonic brand. Tadaharu Taguchi, a Matsushita director, said the battery marks "a major milestone in the battery industry." Oxyride batteries maintain higher voltage and output longer because the material inside that produces electricity is more concentrated. Oxyride uses oxy nickel hydroxide, an advanced battery substance, and finer grain graphite and manganese dioxide, allowing them to be packed more closely inside the cell. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. also developed a way of blending the powder to stuff more into the battery. A production innovation also pours more electrolyte, a key ingredient that leads to longer battery life, into the cell, Matsushita said. In a recent demonstration of the battery's power, Matsushita showed a Oxyride-powered coffin-like electric car that crawled along the ground for several feet with a woman aboard lying flat on her back. Reporters were also shown audio players powered by a regular battery vs. Oxyride. The one with Oxyride delivered a stronger, deeper bass, and Matsushita officials said some music experts express a preference for Oxyride. The growing popularity of digital cameras, portable music players, handheld video game machines and other gadgets, is boosting demand for powerful batteries, Taguchi told reporters at a Tokyo Panasonic showroom. AA and AAA Oxyride batteries cost about 10 percent more than regular batteries. In the United States, they will sell for about $3.99 for a pack of four, although prices will vary, Matsushita officials said. Matsushita, based in Osaka, central Japan, is hoping to sell 100 million Oxyride batteries in the year through March 2005. Oxyride batteries already comprise about a third of Panasonic AA battery sales, or 7 percent of the overall AA battery market in Japan. Even achieving 1 percent market share is considered significant for products like batteries. ------------------------------ From: Seth Breidbart Subject: Re: Oxyride Battery to Be Sold in the U.S. Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:28:56 -0500 (EST) A battery that lasts longer is good. > Reporters were also shown audio players powered by a regular battery > vs. Oxyride. The one with Oxyride delivered a stronger, deeper bass, > and Matsushita officials said some music experts express a preference > for Oxyride. That is bullshit. (Anybody want to bet on a blind test?) (It's possible to build a device that likes higher voltages better, and apparently the Oxyride batteries have a slightly higher voltage, but I was unable to find any actual information, such as a voltage vs. time curve, or even watt-hours, on them.) Seth ------------------------------ From: "BMR" Subject: Taping at 4th & B in San Diego? Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:11:05 -0800 If you=92ve taped there before (stealth or open) please email me off the = list. I have a few questions that I=92d love to get answered. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 12/9/2004 =20 ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to dat-heads-unsubscribe@datheads.phish.net If your email address has changed, you may (optionally) send the message to dat-heads-unsubscribe-oldaddress=olddomain@datheads.phish.net and the old address will be removed. 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