Microsoft Announces InstaLoad Battery Tech
Sometimes the smallest technological developments make a big difference.
It's not a big deal, but it is annoying. You check the little positive and negative markings on the battery cover (if they're there at all) and then you put them in the wrong way around anyway. Sure, taking them out and switching them around isn't going to make you late for your lunch date, but it's something you'd like to avoid if at all possible.
Thanks to Microsoft, it is. Microsoft recently debuted a new technology called InstaLoad, which involves doubling the number of contacts in the battery compartment. By including a set of positive and negative contacts at both ends of the compartment (instead of a single positive contact at one end and a single negative contact at the other end), Microsoft has enabled users to cram batteries in any way they like. This should come in particularly handy when changing batteries in the dark.
Microsoft is licensing the technology out to any and all third-party device suppliers and already counts Duracell on its list of licensees. If companies want to license the technology for accessibility products aimed at people with vision or learning disabilities, Microsoft is willing to license the technology royalty-free.

damn we all suck
damn we all suck
fortehluls - Really? Was this supposed to be funny?
this is something people will really appreciate.
..let me know when microsoft announces instacharge battery technology
ya but this doesnt do jack vs putting - to - or + to + on batteries, it does not correct the flow of current
and yes like others said, i cant believe it has not been thought of and why didnt i think of it
What microsoft having a heart, has to be a trick! haha
I thought we could already do this it was just a matter of adding cost onto a device that stopped this. W2go microsoft apparently...
I see the point above about diodes, yes that would work very well, but over 4 batteries and one per battery, that's a fair loss in voltage.
Its about time batteries are fully fool proof