February 11, 2008

Mobile Power Ups

by Piers Fawkes

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The Solar Charge ec and the Biomechanical Energy Harvester are two examples of technology that helps you power up your gadgets on the move. The Solar Charge ec is a battery that dangles from your phonepicking up the sun’s rays on its solar panel. Six hours of sunlight will provide approximately thirty-five minutes of use. The Biomechanical Energy Harvester is still in concept stage and is something that was thought up (and tested) by researchers in Canada. It’s a brace that exercisers attach to their knee and the movement in the leg generates enough energy to power ten mobile phones.

[via Trends in Japan & NotCot]

Article categories: Advertising & Branding, Science, Telecom

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