[sustran] Bike-powered mobile charger for rural communities

[Todd Edelman]

http://tinyurl.com/26m5rag

A EU-based mobile phone company has launched a mobile charger kit 
intended to be attached to bicycles, compatible with any of their phones 
with a 2mm charger jack. The charger takes advantage of natural user 
activity, using a dynamo to generate electricity with the cycling of the 
vehicle's wheels.

A spokesman explains:

    To begin charging, a cyclist needs to travel around six kilometres
    per hour (four miles per hour), and while charging times will vary
    depending on battery model, a 10 minute journey at 10 kmh produces
    around 28 minutes of talk time or 37 hours of standby time, the
    spokesman said. The faster you ride, the more battery life you generate.

The charger comes alongside the launch of four inexpensive phone models 
marketed to Kenya and other developing markets where access to 
electricity is limited, priced around EUR15.

(Trademarked names have been removed from this email, which has also 
been re-edited).

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BUT much cheaper locally made one can be seen here with very happy 
looking bike: 
http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/kenya-gets-more-mobile-with-bicycle-powered-cellphone-charger.html

- T

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