Comments on: Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht

By: Prashant

Prashant — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:00:25 +0000

Or in the far future – a self-charging battery/power-source, which uses all the possible existing sources around — magnetic fields, solar, light, motion(piezo-electricity), touch (e.g. human-contact generating tiny charges), nano-generators using the heat generated inside the laptop/mobile,etc…

By: wongton

wongton — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:55:28 +0000

Ahhhh, “Ssiiiihht”! I read wrong, I thought it was “Thhhhh!” as per this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFe5lqBAYE

By: janchip

janchip — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:14:03 +0000

Vasco: yes, and a few examples have been documented here over the years. But what is different than what has gone before is that the plug/device itself comes with the ability to pay-as-you-go, and reward the electricity provider. The examples you use are provided by companies – the change will support micro-entrepreneurs the convenience store, the kiosk and so on.

Monique: the regulations are interesting, one of the hidden benefits that will filter through the ecosystem is that the same cable will be used for data transfers – essentially it is also a standardisation on the way to get data on and off the device. Not a big issue in smartphoneland today, but for the majority using feature/featureless phones it a real internet-extender.

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By: Monique van D

Monique van D — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:04:00 +0000

Good to know that as of January 2011, following new (self) regulation in the mobile phone industry initiated by the EU, all mobile phones sold in the EU will fit the same, one-size-fits-all charger.
Not to save money but for environmental reasons!

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/337270,2011-eu-commission-says.html

By: Vasco Duarte

Vasco Duarte — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:13:44 +0000

A variant of this biz model is already happening in some places. In some shopping centers in Portugal you have coin activated power/charging stations for cell phones. you go up to it, pay and you get electricity.

In another other variant you can charge up your phone in some restaurants IF you buy food…