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Nokia Targets Mobile Kinetic Energy Charging

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 9, 2010 @04:26AM from the walking-and-talking dept.

justice4all writes "Nokia has filed a US patent for a phone charger that harvests kinetic energy. The technology has been used in laptops, PDAs, and GPS receivers, according to Nokia. Essentially, the mobile devices would be powered in part through the movements of their owners."

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Re:Even better... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-09 04:39 · Score: -1, Troll

Slashdot.org?
More like Slash_website_for_men_with_moobs_dot.org
Re:Talk about a Euro-centric technology! by BobMcD · 2010-03-09 04:58 · Score: 0, Troll

Right, because again, no one was Scotch-Irish prior to that restaurant existing. Those cultures sprung up overnight in response to cheap hamburgers.
Re:Talk about a Euro-centric technology! by BobMcD · 2010-03-09 07:30 · Score: 0, Troll

In your world, it seems it did.