October 3, 2009

Wind-up mobile targets developing regions

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Spencer Kelly on the BBC looks at a mobile phone with an integrated wind-up charger which could be useful for people without access to a power supply.

Wind-up chargers which plug in to an electronic device are quite common but this is a first, and its developers think it could find a market in developing regions like India and Africa.

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