I know, it sounds crazy doesn't it? Up until now you buy a battery and put it in your game of Operation or your cine-camera and once they have run out you have to throw them away and put new ones in. Well, no more my friends, the boffins at Apple Computers have been taking time out from developing their Apple Macintosh to bring us this latest technology. You get some batteries, known as "re-chargeable", with the charging unit and when they go flat you simply slot them into the container which plugs into a standard 13A socket. In just a few hours time the batteries will be ready to use again. Here are the details http://www.apple.com/uk/battery-charger/.

Just hold on one moment, we've had this technology for years Apple. How do you explain the line " ... Which means you can finally break the cycle of buying and disposing of those toxic, single-use alkaline batteries. ... "? Seriously? "Finally"? Do you think NOONE has recharged a battery until you produce this item? Get a grip, you make nice products, well styled, even usable sometimes but you haven't invented this, you have re-engineered an existing product and added your style to it. Oh, it's also over £30 with p+p!

No doubt they will sell by the 1000.