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Dance energy to boost mobile batteries

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  • 24-06-2008 4:55pm
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    Hold on a sec, battery is low *tap dance in the middle of the street* :)
    A new gadget has been developed so your own dance energy can be harnessed to boost mobile phone batteries.

    British mobile phone operator Orange says it has teamed up with GotWind, a firm specialising in renewable energy, to produce a recharger powered by dance energy alone.

    The portable kinetic energy chargers will be given a test run at this year's Glastonbury Festival, the world's biggest greenfield music and arts celebration that opens on a farm in Somerset on Wednesday.

    Orange said the prototype chargers weigh the same as a phone and are about the size of a pack of cards.

    Attached to the user's arm, they employ a system of weights and magnets that provide an electric current to top up charge in a storage battery.

    This can then later be used to recharge the phone.

    A spokeswoman for Orange UK said the company wanted to create a fun, engaging and interactive product that would encourage users to have a laugh while charging their mobile phone and at the same time test out a new energy-efficient prototype.


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