Water Powered Phone Charger Installed In Seoul

Its strange, but the majority of the world can't leave without their smartphones ! that's why solutions were made and developed to make your battery always juiced up, first it was solar and portable recharger, and now, Seoul is developing a new solution to recharge your phone wherever you are.

South Korea, Seoul just announced that they are building a series of recharging stations that will be installed outdoors, and it will be powered by water! Recharging stations will be powered by hydroelectric turbines embedded in the stream, according to the project's developers, the phone will be charged in between 2 and 3 hours, there are currently 5 stations in production, and if the idea is successful, the city is going to build more stations and expand the network.

Low battery life, just move to Seoul !

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TORCH 250 , A Power Hub and a Flashlight At The Same Time

A new gadget by Goal Zero is presented, it looks very interesting with its useful features.

The Gadget is called TORCH 250, it is a Torch that can be used as a flashlight, floodlight or red emergency light, and the interesting thing is that it can be rechargeable via an integrated solar panel, so you can just use the sun to recharge its Lithium battery.

The TORCH 250 also contains an USB output which can be used to recharge your smartphone or any other device using USB, when there is no electricity, put the torch in the sun and recharge your smartphone !

The TORCH 250 is available to purchase from Amazon for a price of $80.

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The Go Kin Pack, A Phone Charger Powered By The Energy You Create While Walking

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A team from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada have created a backpack and a fanny pack that will generate energy to recharge your phone while walking, it is called the Go Kin Pack ,a great useful idea when you are running out of battery in the middle of nowhere.

How it works

The backpack charger is equipped with a USB port inside of it, in which you can plug your phone to charge it, also, you it contains a two cords that hook onto a shoe or wrap around the ankle, and while walking, you can charge your device and have the necessary charge level that will allow you to make 30 minutes of calls every 5 minutes of walking.

The backpack designer Bill Ostrom said "Walking will generate 10 to 14 watts of electricity, It's usable, it's green, it's very exciting.".

The fanny pack and the backpack are not only used to recharge phones, they are useful to charge any type of gadget that uses USB, your tablet, camera, GPS device, and others...

Availability

The campaign  wants to reach a goal of $30,000 to start the production, it has already reached an amount of $10,000. If the goal is reached, the fanny pack will be available to the public starting from November 2014.

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What If Your Phone Screen Is a Solar Panel To Recharge It !

Imagine that your smartphone screen is also a solar panel at the same time, so you can recharge it just by putting it in the sun ! well, ALCATEL has already though of that, the prototype was unveiled in the CES Las Vegas, a phone with a solar panel screen, that can be recharged when exposed to the sun, also when using the screen, you can't tell if the 

phone contains a solar panel.

The demo is not yet a final product, the company said that it is not good enough to release it to the public right know, you have to wait to 2015 to see this technology in the markets.

"There are some issues with the viewing angles and the charging capabilities of the screen at the moment that we aren't happy with," said Dan Dery, VP of Global Marketing and Products.

This technology will solve many daily issues of charging your battery, it will be great to just put your phone at the window or expose it to the sun when you are walking, also, Dan Dery said that the battery can be recharged with another light sources beside the sun..

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Recharge Your Phone With Solar-powered park benches

A creative idea is going to be applied soon in Boston's parks that will allow you to recharge your phone while having a rest in the park bench.

The new park benches called "Soofas" will contain solar panels that works with solar energy in which you can plug your mobile, the idea is invented by MIT Media Lab which is a Verizon Innovation Program.

"We are fortunate to have talented entrepreneurs and makers in Boston thinking creatively about sustainability and the next generation of amenities for our residents.", announced

Mayor Martin J. Walsh.

The program will take place in the next few weeks, and we can't wait to see those benches worldwide.

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