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This is one gadget I'd definitely buy if it comes out, thinking on all those times my cellphone ran out of power when I'm nowhere near my charger.The company M2E (short for Motion 2 Energy) has reported that it has developed a new device that charges electronic gadgets with motion.
The idea is to place the charger in your bag. The device will charge in the background as you move around with your bag. Once fully charged, the device can pack enough punch to recharge a phone, as fast as an AC outlet could.
The charger contains coils and magnets that stores energy in a lithium ion battery when experiencing motion. If you're not the type who likes to move around though, the charger can also store energy from your everyday wall socket.
The company is now looking into applications with hybrid and electric cars. As for the charger, we might not see it for a while yet, as it's still in the design and development stage. Hopefully, it will come out sometime next year.
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uhh yea, anyone heard of a little company called rolex? they have this for theyre watches.... and im sure others do too, its not anything new, just make it bigger
and if you dont know what im talking about... google it
the difference between this concept and automatic watches is that watches are mechanical. they operate on springs which winds the watch.
this charger is electrical, and based on electromagnetis m. those are two entirely different things.
google it. better yet, wiki it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_watch
Did anybody else think of Travis Touchdown's "motion charging" light saber from No More Heroes when they read this?
Anyone remember the new milenium's latest perpetual motion machine?
Everyone thought at first it was some viral advertisment for Half Life 2 or Halo3. Then it turned out they were serious then the machine failed in the demonstration after fluffing results for near enough two years. Hope no one actually invested in them in that time.
@purple_cow
If you read your wikipedia reference thoroughly you will find what brosmooth was referring to "Automatic Quartz" watches. There is a small section in your reference, in addition to the full page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_quartz
I can think of a couple places where similar applications of this technology already exists. As mentioned above, auto quartz watches, also there are some flashlights that you just shake to charge up. So while this isn't a new technology, it is a new application (one that I'm surprised hasn't appeared before now) for the technology.
Now let's apply it further... Have something like this that attaches to your gaming controller. In addition to the Wii players, who holds their controller still while playing games? Why not convert some of that kinetic energy into a little boosting of the battery life of the controller? How about something that clips onto the back of a PSP that charges it's battery from spare kinetic energy?
I just read through their web site at http://www.m2epower.com/ and their technology is an enhancement of the current linear generator technology (see the flashlight that you shake to power). And for my second paragraph, they are working towards a similar idea where the m2e generator is actually part of the battery (D-cells through AAA-cells, cellphone batteries, etc.) package. Really neat and exciting prospects for their product.