Charge Your Phone with Water…Soon
Back in 2006 there was a story on how Japanese cell phone company NTT DoCoMo partnered up with another company called “Aquafairy” to create a water based phone charger, not a phone charger made out of water, but a phone charger that charges the phone using H2O (the same stuff you shower with).
Their prototype which was exhibited at the Wireless Japan 2006 kind of looks like a lipstick container.
"Honey...Why did you plug my lipstick into your phone?"
So besides looking like a lipstick holder what can this little charger do? It’s based on PEFC (Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell) technology…which means when you add water to the material inside the charger that it produces hydrogen gas which in turn produces electricity which you can use to power up your electronic gizmos. Instead of wind or solar it uses the inherent power stored in the chemical bonds in water.
For you scientific-minded folks here’s the technical explanation:
If you understand this you = smart
For non-technical folks I created a simpler explanation:
Much easier to understand...
Just how long does it take to take charge your phone? Two hours which is equivalent to the same time it takes your regular AC adapter…which means this little charger is practically just as powerful as your regular charger.
The technology is pretty promising and considering this was 4 years ago you’d expect this product to be already out in the market, but it looks like we’re going to have to wait just a little longer as some have reported that Aquafairy is shooting for an April 2010 date to launch a consumer product based on this technology.
Charge other stuff like your Nintendo DS or iPhone
How much will it cost? Anywhere from $50 to $100. However, the rumors say they don’t plan on releasing this overseas. So it looks like the Japanese will be holding on to their cool technology while we wait to get their table scraps.
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