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Armitron remains an Official Sponsor of the New York Yankees. Today, Armitron continues to produce a range of quartz and automatic movement timepieces for men and women. As of the 2021 season, Armitron is a clock sponsor at Yankee Stadium , [ 3 ] and for the original run of American Gladiators .
Button, coin, or watch cells. A button cell, watch battery, or coin battery is a small battery made of a single electrochemical cell and shaped as a squat cylinder typically 5 to 25 mm (0.197 to 0.984 in) in diameter and 1 to 6 mm (0.039 to 0.236 in) high – resembling a button.
Armitron started making digital watches in the 1970s with LED displays. The LED displays consumed so much battery life that, in 1977, the company stopped production. [ 9 ] Armitron subsequently began manufacturing their digital watches with LCD displays, [ 1 ] which eventually became the industry standard.
The movement of the watch draws its power from the rechargeable battery or capacitor. As long as the watch is regularly exposed to fairly strong light (such as sunlight), it never needs a battery replacement. Some models need only a few minutes of sunlight to provide weeks of energy (as in the Citizen Eco-Drive).
Species 8472, formally known as Undine, is a fictional extraterrestrial species in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager.Species 8472 is a designation given to them by the Borg.
An Armatron Hand detail. The Armatron is a toy robot which was made by TOMY and distributed by Radio Shack in the United States since 1984. [1] It consists of a crane-like arm which picks up small objects by the user manipulating two attached joysticks.
The AMC Amitron was an experimental electric subcompact car built in 1967 by American Motors Corporation (AMC) and Gulton Industries.It included many advanced features, including regenerative braking and advanced battery designs, to provide a 150-mile (240 km) range on a single charge.