Date: October 7 2010 written by David Taylor
The thermogenerator Nokia E-Cu mobile phone concept by London designer Patrick Hyland can be charged by the heat in your pocket
Nokia E-Cu (E for environment, Cu for Copper)
Heat-conductive charging system
Creating a charger-free cellphone future
Annually, phone chargers produce 51,000 tons of waste in addition to the greenhouse gases created by the production of the electricity needed to charge them.
The Nokia E-Cu is a mobile phone charged by sources of heat therefore eradicating the need for a charger. The phone has a thermogenerator integrated inside, which converts heat energy into electric potential energy.
It is surrounded by copper with engraved heatsinks in a dry earth pattern which represents the effect of heat on the natural environment. The phone can be charged by placing it on any source of heat, a radiator, even inside your pocket.
