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Fuel cells not your thing? Help's on the way
Forget my previous post about fuel cell technology coming to mobile phones by 2008. Students at the Department of Industrial Design at the Indian Institute of Technology have designed a portable turbine that generates sufficient electricity to charge a mobile phone. The device would be ideal for people travelling on trains: just hold it out of the window you've got instant power.
In areas where electricity is a scarcity and where there is a constant wind source, it could also be used to power a radio or to run lights.
The device will cost 200 Rupees, or $4.59.
February 25, 2005 at 09:07 PM | Permalink
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