Although solar-charging phones is seen as a direction everyone could move on to down the road, this makes a little bit more sense—if only for the people who don’t have the time to leave their phones under the sun. Nokia has filed a patent for a “piezoelectric Kinetic Energy Harvester,” or, in more simple terms, a cell phone battery that charges itself with electricity gained from movement—basically like a self-powered kinetic watch with the spinning weights inside.
A pretty cool idea overall if they can pull it off with results that actually makes sense in terms of just how much charge you can get from moving your phone around. Mobile phones are always moving along with the person after all—in bags, cars and most likely in pants pockets, where they can swing along with your leg while walking. Unless you have a Nexus One, which is evidently a phone that should never be placed in your pocket.
Source: Unwired View
Tags: Battery, Mobile Phones, Nokia
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