Gadgenista » charging station http://www.splendicity.com/gadgenista Gadgenista = Gadget + Fashionista - Girly Geeky Gadgets Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Self-Charging Cellphone: Whatcha Think? http://www.splendicity.com/gadgenista/self-charging-cellphone-whatcha-think/ http://www.splendicity.com/gadgenista/self-charging-cellphone-whatcha-think/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:03:27 +0000 Lia Espina http://www.splendicity.com/gadgenista/?p=2215 Post from: Gadgenista

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According to Cnet, the Nokia Research Center in Cambridge, England is working on a prototype of a self-charging cellphone.

Oooh. Sounds really awesome, don’t you think?

For one thing, you’ll never worry about your phone dying on your while on an important phone call. So how does it work?

The system collects energy from ambient radio waves emitted by antennas, TV masts, Wi-Fi transmitters, and the like. Like RFID tags, the Nokia phones would catch radio waves across a range of frequencies, harnessing them for power.

Nokia’s goal is to get cell phones to harvest about 50 milliwatts of power. Currently the prototypes are able to harvest up to 5 milliwatts, but at least 20 milliwatts is needed to keep phones running in standby mode indefinitely without the need for a recharge – Cnet

So what do you guys think of a self-charging cellphone?

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