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by agumonkey 3192 days ago
Thinking about this I wonder why there's no kinetic charger.
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I'm suddenly picturing a shakeweight or crank cell phone
Hehe that would work, and is in store. I had something a little more subtle in mind. I remember Seiko selling "Kinetic" watches with internal counter weights. Maybe it's possible to scale up a similar mechanism in a phone case (granted you accept the doubled width) and enjoy the free energy. Of course this came to mind when running yesterday.

Youtube has some videos about a thing called ampy, a tiny case you attach on you. I'm not sure it made it to market though.

I would definitely buy a crank cell phone if I were allowed to clone my sim (for emergencies).