Powering your headset by nodding your head

One of New Scientist's featured patents this week is a wireless cellphone headsets that recharges itself - not with batteries - but by a person nodding his head while wearing it.

"US manufacturer Plantronics, in Santa Cruz, California, has designed a way to use the movement of a person's head to recharge the headset battery."

... The company says the device should allow more or less non-stop talking without using cables."

Movement Powered Headset Patent

emily | 6:08 PM | Technology |
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