The quartz movement does not require battery changes, as a rotor in the watch moves with the motion of your wrist to charge the internal battery.

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For renewable energy on a smaller scale, a graduate student in Israel developed a prototype for an elegant rocking chair called Otarky that produces energy from its rocking motion and can be used to charge devices and power a lamp.

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Within a month of that decision, Congress passed the Ledbetter Act, which modified the time limit for when a charge of discrimination needs to be filed in certain cases, and the workers filed a motion to alter judgment in the case.

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