GotWind Wind-Powered Charger
Wind. It’s all around us (some people more than others). You can’t see it, but you can feel it. Clever.
Other features of wind include:
- Not knowing where it’s come from
- Not knowing where it’s going
It’s so good, that we were going to have an entry just for ‘Wind’, but the picture would have been a bit dull so we decided against it.
Anyway, point is that people nowadays (I love that word), have worked out that if you get a big propeller-like construction and attach a motor to it, you can (by the simple virtue of what we physicists like to call “spinny-motion”) get electricity out the other end. Spiffy.
Which is where this particular device comes in. Aimed at the camping market, the idea is this:
- Wait for a force 9 gale***
- Watch as your tent, your car, your girlfriend and your just-purchased hamster get blown away****
- Smile, safe in the knowledge that you now have enough juice to charge your mobile so you check the football scores
It’s a winner all round, I say.
Source via Treehugger
Ryan
*** ok ok, so it’ll work fine with a 12mph breeze
**** ok ok, so your tent, car, girlfriend and hamster aren’t going anywhere