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Kyocera's OLED Phone Concept Charges As You Flex It
Mike writes "Kyocera recently unveiled a kinetic energy-powered phone with a flexible OLED display that can be folded up like a wallet. Dubbed the EOS phone, the display unfolds to reveal a wide screen, and shape memory allows the phone's keys to pop up when in use and blend in with the surface during downtime. Best of all, the phone's soft, semi-rigid polymer skin is embedded with an array of tiny piezoelectric generators — the more you use the phone, the more it charges!" So far, it's just a design idea — but a cool one.
What?
"...semi-rigid polymer skin is embedded with an array of tiny piezoelectric generators"
Can you imagine condoms made of this stuff? The porn industry alone could power half of California. Energy crisis solved.
Cue Trojan, Inc. patent in 3..2...1
...but if it can't withstand being in my back pocket with my fat arse sitting on it repeatedly, then what's the point.
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But iphone does not do that. So, this is a complete useless technology. If Apple has not thought about it, it's not worth the money.
Nothing beats iphone.
Can we move on now, please?
With the kinetic energy powering the device having my phone die during lengthy phone sex calls is a thing of the past! Yaaaay!
So, if it comes with straps to strap it to your wrist while you're, uh... "surfing the 'net for interesting pictures and videos", then the average slashdotter would never need to plug this phone in!
Kyocera's OLED Phone Concept Charges As Your Flex It
It charges as my flex it?
What the fsck does that mean? I don't have a "flex", and even if I did, it wouldn't "it" (whatever "it"ting is).
I'm holding out for devices that can be charged by the heat of being in my pocket. I have a few candy bars that have found out just how hot it can be in there...
The musings of just another geek and his junk.
This is no way to fix the economy...
All I want to know is if floppy computers can have hard disks. Or if we have to go back to floppy disks.
as it stands if it's made by Kyocera I wouldnt even use it to wipe a cows ass.
Although I do agree with your feelings on Kyocera phones, I do have to wonder what you would use to wipe a cow's ass. And if it was a good phone why would you wipe a cow's ass with it? Inquiring minds would like to know.
Well if I was going to wipe a cow's ass with a phone, a flexible phone would make the most sense.
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