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Twirling battery concept promises a quick power fix
We've seen plenty spinning, twirling, and wind-up gadgets from Sony and others, but nothing quite like this battery concept designed by Song Teaho and Hyejin Lee. While there's still a bit of work to be done with the actual "working" part, the concept is to simply let you twirl your cellphone battery around your finger a few times for a quick bit of juice to send a text or make a call -- the designers estimate 130 twirls will give you two minutes of talking time. Of course, the same idea could also be applied to batteries for other devices, although you'd probably have your work cut out for you trying to charge your laptop battery. [Thanks, deej]
Video: Sony's ODO wind-up camera really works
We've seen pictures of Sony's ODO Twirl N' Take, wind-up camera before. Here in Berlin, we actually had a chance to take this eco-friendly digicam for a spin. Ha, get it? We said spin to refer to this kinetic concept camera! Amazing. Anyway, enough with our overly-tired, undernourished gibberish, the full-on hands-on is posted after the break.
Sony's ODO Twirl N' Take: a wind-up camera concept
Hot on the green, urban heels of Sony's ODO line-up comes their latest eco product, the Twirl N' Take concept camera. Give that wheel a spin for about 15 seconds and the device has enough juice to power its way through a single photograph. The camera is installed in the handle. To see your snaps, you have to connect the cam to a computer since the camera itself lacks a display. How analog of you Sony.[Via Impress]
