Motorola displayed a pedal-powered mobile phone recharger at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The charger unit mounts on bicycle handlebars and recharges a mobile phone while you pedal.
Motorola apparently developed this charger primarily for developing countries with sporadic electric supplies. However, I suspect there could be a real market for this in the US as well. Cycling is a growing sport in the US and keeping cell phones, mp3 players and GPS units charged while cycling is a challenge.
Motorola plans to release the bicycle charger soon. It will be interesting to see how versatile the charger is and how fast the bicycle charger is adapted to other uses.
[via Gizmodo]
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