Alternate Energy Sources
Posted by VickyC on January 15th, 2010
“The Future Is Now”… Is it really??
Some sciency types have developed a new technology that can convert WiFi signals into power. So wherever you are, you can charge your phone – provided it has a USB plug thing in it. This new technology is called Airnegy – smart eh! Since it pulls energy out of thin air, it makes me wonder whether it has any kind of weird health warnings attached to it.. I mean, if it can pull a WiFi signal out of the air and convert it into power, will it be expelling any kind of weird disease inducing signals?!
According to various reports, the Airnegy charging device should hit the shelves sometime this year, and will retail for around $40. Not too bad, but since it’s a USB plug, you won’t be able to charge things like your iPod etc. I guess if all phones are to be made with USB charging ports, then it will be beneficial. The worst thing ever is to have your cell phone battery die when you’re nowhere near the charger or a socket!!!
If you don’t like the idea of a portable WiFi powered charging unit and would prefer nothing more than a fizzy beverage, then this next one is for you. We have yet another Nokia concept phone – but this one runs on sweet carbonated soft drinks! 23 year old Miss Zhang, who developed the technology, said that her idea was to create an eco-friendly battery as current cell phone batteries are the opposite of being environmentally friendly and they’re very expensive to produce.
The only by-products of this cola-powered phone would be oxygen and water and the power would be able to last up to four times as long as a conventional phone battery. Pretty cool!!! 
All this talk of cola is making me want to have a soda..
There is no release date yet, since this is still just a concept.. But who knows, maybe they’ll develop something that runs on orange peel or something – some kind of biodegradable garbage that we have everyday but would normally throw out.
Do you think the Airnegy device and “cola phone” will be big hits? If you were a crazy scientist, what kind of alternate energy source would you want to develop? And what would it be used for? Let me know in the comments!!!
Tags: Airnegy, Alternate Energy, Alternative Energy, Cell Phone, Cola, Concept, Eco-Friendly, Future, Green, Green Energy, iPod, Nokia, Phone, Science, Technology, USB Charger
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