Using Air to Recharge Your Cell Phone 346
sanspeak writes "Now you do not have to look for a power outlet to charge your cell phones. Department of Industrial Design at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi have come up with a mobile turbine which generates around 3 to 4 watts of energy - sufficient to charge a mobile phone. It costs around $4, fits in your pocket and runs on air ;-). What else do you want ?"
You're going to WHAT?!?! (Score:5, Funny)
First impression of "in your pocket and runs on air" is this is charged by hydrocarbon emissions, i.e.
Logically followed by The device is best suited for coastal areas where the wind flows almost continuously.They must eat more lentils there...
"ahhhhh, go blow yer phone!"
What else do I want? (Score:1, Funny)
No air indoors (Score:5, Funny)
What else do you want? (Score:5, Funny)
I still prefer the alternator strapped to a cat with a slice of buttered toast strapped to its back.
well, for one thing... (Score:5, Funny)
Does it run linux?
Re:and... (Score:4, Funny)
uhh... (Score:2, Funny)
Is that a turbine in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
What else do you want ? (Score:5, Funny)
--dave
What's next? (Score:4, Funny)
Also, I understand that Iran is currently importing plutonium from Russia in an attempt to make a personal, portable nuclear reactor capable of charging cell phones.
But, (Score:5, Funny)
I can just imagine someone talking and their battery's about to die, and all the other person on the other end hears is "Wait, my phone is dying...hold on a sec *blowing sound* Ok, now where were we..*blowing sound*...Oh yes, about the *blowing sound*..."
Other good uses too (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No air indoors (Score:4, Funny)
Re:uhh... (Score:5, Funny)
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> Is that a turbine in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
From the Department of Industrial Design at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
I believe you meant to say "Please be telling me is in your pocket a turbine, or are you happy to be seeing me?"
Now, if you'll pleased to be pardoning me, I have another caller in my queue. Some woman named Paris Hilton needs to be blowing on my hard drive to reboot her Windows.
Re:No air indoors (Score:5, Funny)
Simply place a fan next to the turbine.
Re:No air indoors (Score:2, Funny)
Re:You're going to WHAT?!?! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Blow or run really fast (Score:5, Funny)
Re:compressed air (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Alternatives (Score:5, Funny)
Powered exclusively by
wind? (Score:4, Funny)
-wind?
Re:Blow or run really fast (Score:2, Funny)
Only if it's because you're riding with an evil driver who rolls up the window on you.
Re:But, (Score:3, Funny)
Gives new meaning to the word "Air Time" (Score:2, Funny)
You've obviously not seen (Score:5, Funny)
4W for $4 would be significant (Score:3, Funny)
Gee, thanks scooter... (Score:1, Funny)
I realize you designed it to work by sticking it out the window of that decrepit bus that you and 160 other people are riding on (or perhaps on top of)...
yeeeeeeehaw (Score:5, Funny)
The wind would blow, and then the battery would get really recharged. They could talk forever:
Sample conversation
Customer service: This is a Sprint customer service person, how may help you?
Cowboy Neal: I would like to order some pizza
?
Customer service: This is not a pizza place, this is Sprint Customer service
Cowboy Neal: Oh, sorry, I just pressed some random buttoms because my battery is really charged up.
Customer service: Oh you have one of those new air chargers, those are really cool
Neal: Yeah, I like them a lot.
Sprint customer service: Hey have you played Zelda: The wind waker?
Cow Boy Neal: I hear it is awesome.
Sprint person: Can you hear me now.
Cow Boy Neal: Yes.
Re:Crank Alternative (Score:2, Funny)
A pocket hand crank? I can see it now, a whole new array of pickup lines...
"Excuse me miss, can you turn my hand crank? It's in my pants."
ACME Industries. (Score:5, Funny)
I have a hundred of these, mounted on the roof of my Prius. Next...
If only they could scale this technology up.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:RTFA (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Now.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What else do you want? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What else do you want? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm afraid that will infringe upon my hovercraft patent.
Re:Crank Alternative (Score:1, Funny)
you forgot the... (Score:1, Funny)
Perfect for motorists! (Score:5, Funny)
Or for when your battery is a little low, but you just really need to call someone - you can blow on your phone for a few minutes, then pass the phone to a friend (if you have any left) and they can call 911 since you're hyperventilating.
Seriously, in public transportation - of the times when you can hold your phone up to a window - you might want to purchase some tshirts that say "I'm an idiot, steal my expensive phone after I get off the bus". Any other times, you should be able to find a much more efficient and timely manner of charging your phone. Windows down + A/C up == your car is burning excess energy.
Re:What else do you want? (Score:5, Funny)
In your example you are using a non-traditional cat-buttered-toast model in which the cat is placed on top of the buttered toast in such a manner that the cat ends up with buttery paws. This model is not used for various reasons. Firstly, the difficulty of attaching toast to all four paws of the cat is at least an order of magnitude greater than simply attaching the toast to said cats back. Although various attempts at slicing the toast have overcome this difficulty, the amount of effort required is always greater than attaching the toast to the cat's back.
In any event, the results of the non-traditional model are usually the same as the classical. Our cat with buttery paws is dropped from a height and attempts to land on its feet, however the toast that is attached to its feed attempts to land buttered-side down.
Now, it should be noted that defenders of the classical scenario usually point out that the toast, relative to the cat, has already succeeded in landing buttered side down by the nature of it being attached to the cats paws. If the cat were to hit the ground while standing on the toast, it would be akin to someone steping on a slice of toast after it has already landed on the floor, buttered side down. Basically it would be irrelevant as the goal of the toast to attach its buttered side to a surface has already been acomplished.
So, although I used the traditional buttered-toast-on-cat model and the non-traditional models are at least partially flawed, I believe I made the correct decision in its use.
Re:Alternatives (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No air indoors (Score:2, Funny)
Hm.
Re:What else do you want? (Score:3, Funny)
I tried this once on a cat at home (not one of my favorites, fortunately). The cat landed on it's feet at the same time that the bread landed buttered-side down, causing a small tear in space time that instantly pulled the cat, toast, butter container, miscellaneous dishes, the toaster, and 3/4ths of a city block into a parallel dimension where old adages aren't always true. I can't imagine the horror of trying to live in such a place!
Re:What else do you want? (Score:5, Funny)
Granted my experiment might have been more sound with better method of toast attachment, I do believe this proves that neither law can be violated. Were I to more securely attach the toast some other method of getting both the toast butter side down on the ground and the cat on its feet would present itself
Re:What else do you want? (Score:3, Funny)
Of course, the intelligent reader will note that this also creates an imbalance. Now one cat and two slices of toast want one orientation, and one cat and one slice of toast want the other. We can add an infinite number of cats and toast slices and never reach equilibrium, proving that this thought experiment is irrational. QED.