October 10, 2004
Cell phone recharger
Japan Today reports on a cell phone recharger - which works with most Japanese phone models - that works by squeezing!
"The new manual power generator DolphinPower in your pocket, you will never need to worry about it again. Squeezing it for three minutes, for example, gives you an extra three minutes of power.
Related articles on some fun Mobile portable chargers:
-- Mobile Mobile Cell Phone Charging Statio - Krista Winters and Matt Chick are offering emergency cell phone charges in New York City, outside of the Virgin Records in Union Square
-- Sidewinder Charger - A hand-cranked charger that needs no other power source. Two minutes of winding will give you six minutes of talk time but you can keep cranking until your hand gives out or you lose interest in the conversation. via POPGADGET
-- A portable solar bag to recharge cell phone batteries -Twenty one year-old Swiss born Markus Gisler, has invented a portable solar bag called the "Sunny Walker, which recharges cell phone batteries as well as batteries for other mobile devices such as PDAs, gameboys, video cameras,
-- A cell phone charger for Howard Hughes and Michael Jackson! - Crystal manufacturer Yoosung Global, has developed a mobile-phone charger with a sterilization function, the first of its kind in the world, as well as lamp and air-purifying capabilities.
-- GoGoPower Wind-Up Device Charges Mobile Phones - Made by Japanese technology company Fuso Rikaseihin, it's a a wind-up mobile phone charger which gives you an extra 20 minutes of power. It takes 5 minutes to wind it up though.
-- Instant Power for your cell phone battery - Roughly the size of a match book, weighing less than an ounce and selling for an average of $7, Cellboost plugs directly into the cell phone's charging port (no cords or adapters are needed) and delivers an average of 60 minutes of talk time / 60 hours of standby time.
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